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  • An old promotional photo for The United Fruit Company featuring a group photographed in one of its plantations in Jamaica

    A short, sordid history of brands and warfare

    Burger King’s foray into recent conflict in Azerbaijan is part of a historical trend of corporations weighing in – and benefitting from – conflict, writes Tommy Hodgson

  • A promotional image for the book Asylum for Sale. A raised fist holds barbed wire that features currency symbols and a flying bird

    Asylum for Sale – review

    The edited volume from Siobhán McGuirk and Adrienne Pine is a powerful indictment of the modern migration complex, writes Nico Vaccari

  • A sunflower lanyard produced by Sainsbury's for people with hidden disabilities such as autism

    Autism-friendly brands and performative awareness

    As autistic people become more visible in public life, Errol Naeem examines how brands are seeking to repackage themselves as ‘autism friendly’

  • A photo showing bitcoing mining, showing a large, dark room full of computers displaying green lights

    Should the left care about blockchain technology?

    Despite its utopian promises of digital democracy, Thomas Redshaw argues socialists should be wary of embracing blockchain technology

  • Members of the Mont Pelerin Society photographed at their inaugural meeting in 1947

    The marketisation of truth

    It’s time we look deeper at the causes of our post-truth malaise, argues Marcus Gilroy-Ware

  • People outside The Cluny music venue in Ouseburn, Newcastle

    Will the beat go on?

    Gerry Hart reports on lockdown, gentrification and the face of Newcastle’s live music

  • Keir Hardie in Trafalgar Square, 1908

    What’s wrong with the Labour Party?

    The role Labour plays in maintaining the capitalist state makes it a crucial site for socialists to organise within, argues Luke Evans

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