Democracy
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Learning from David Graeber
Activists, academics and friends explain what David Graeber’s work meant to them – and the salient message it still carries today
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Bad news from Greece: round one
Former Syriza member Marina Prentoulis examines the results of the first round of the Greek elections and explains the party’s continued decline
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A tribute to Tom Nairn
Writers from England, Wales and Scotland pay tribute to Tom Nairn, who died in January 2023
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Resisting cannibal capitalism with an anti-capitalist coalition
Extreme inequality, climate breakdown, war and crises of economics, democracy and care are intrinsic to capitalism, writes Nancy Fraser. An anti-capitalist coalition is needed
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When the people made television: the BBC’s Community Programme Unit
An exhibition revisiting a radically different, democratic approach to programming in the 1970s prompts Andrew Dolan to consider whether another BBC is still imaginable today
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Youth disappointment as Nigeria chooses Tinubu
Peter Obi’s campaign had inspired a new generation hoping for change. Adaora Osondu-Oti explores how, instead, the incumbent party won a bitterly contested election
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Public purpose
Past experiences suggest that public ownership of industry doesn’t guarantee a more socially useful purpose. But it is a necessary condition, writes Raymond Morell