There is strong evidence of a causal association between growing inequality and the rise of populist authoritarian movements. A paper in the Journal of European Public Policy found that a one-unit ...

The police, governments and the media have sought to conflate peaceful protest with extremism and terrorism. Protest methods used for centuries, such as blocking roads, have been recast as the end of ...

The Tea Party movement is steeped in misinformation and denial. But it has a lot to teach the left.

Neoliberalism is highly effective at destroying democratic hope. As hope evaporates, the far right sweeps into the political void, enabling capital to invest once more in its earlier solution.

I hate to sound like a prepper, but I feel bound to confess that over the past month I’ve been stockpiling food. I think, if you can, you should do the same. I’ve put aside 25kg of rice, 15kg of dried ...

It’s a cast-iron relationship: the more unequal a society becomes, the better the far right does. Here’s why.

The debate over biochar hots up.

Toxic chemicals deliberately added to sewage are being spread across a vast area of farmland, with potentially catastrophic effects. We’re suing the government to stop it.

The talks at Copenhagen are not just about climate change. They represent a battle to redefine humanity.