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Sixty years after Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the earth his image is used to market privatised space travel to the ultra-rich, Thomas Ellis reports.

Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective explore the historical basis, political arguments and future implications of the far right's role in the climate crisis. Far right governance gives rise to ecofascism and a future built on crisis and nationalism. 

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Mitchell Dean and Daniel Zamora outline Michel Foucault's growing interest in neoliberalism as a "left governmentality" that could act as an alternative to Marxism.

Haim Breseeth-Zabner, author of An Army Like No Other, on the current attacks on Palestinians, and the failure of the international community to condemn Israel's actions.

"Owen passionately believes that city-making is a socialist project. It is about thinking of a place where equity, fairness and pleasure are part of everyday life." –Leo Hollis, editor

Can we rethink biopolitics–the questions of life and death–in the long shadow of COVID and climate change?

A biographical controversy concerning a new life of Edward Said

What does the pandemic mean for the alpha city? Rowland Atkinson reflects on the urgent changes necessary for the city to become a fairer and better place for all.

AbdouMaliq Simone offers some reflections on Keller Easterling’s Medium Design and wonders how we might rethink the process of design - urban, social, political - from within the middle of things.

With a majority in Scotland looking to escape, and Irish reunification a genuine possibility, the Welsh Labour Party has only so long to adapt to the break up of Britain, writes Huw Williams. 

Colin Coulter revisits Tom Nairn's predictions for the fate of the six counties, and reflects on their position in the union today.