The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
MY KURDISH nom de guerre, given to me by the People’s Protection Unit (YPG), is Tirpan Cudi.
I am a communist and one of three Irishmen now in Afrin to resist the Turkish invasion of Rojava, northern Syria.
I have been fighting here against Isis since 2016 as part of the International Freedom Battalion, an alliance of Turkish communist parties and international communist and anarchist volunteers.
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
CJ ATKINS commemorates one of the most dramatic moments in working-class history
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)


