Europe
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Women’s day off: feminist strike action since 1975
Valgerður Pálmadóttir recalls the Icelandic women’s strike in 1975 and assesses its continuing relevance today
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Jude awakening
Juliet Jaques celebrates the work of Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, whose incisive social commentary prioritises laughter, substance and style
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Building the post-Soviet world
From the corrupt to the inspired, Owen Hatherley charts the architecture that followed the fall of the Soviet Union
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From bystander to peacebuilder
Vlad Sakovich reports on People First, a new campaign to release thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian political prisoners and forcefully transferred Ukrainian children
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The Soviet enigma and its tragic aftermath
Boris Kagarlitsky’s The Long Retreat provides a necessary Marxist analysis of the Soviet tragedy, says Walden Bello
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The German Peasants’ War: 500 years later
A half a millennia ago, the peasants of Germany rose in rebellion against their lords. Martin Empson examines why the revolt is relevant today
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French politics: right questions, wrong answers
The French left is as responsible as President Macron and the right for the rise of the National Rally, argues Yasser Louati
