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The biggest strike in history: Indian farmers in revolt

December 4, 2020January 19, 2021 Jack Ainsworth 0 Comments

250 million unionised workers in India went on strike last week to protest a package of sweeping neoliberal reforms brought

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COVID-19 World 

Can degrowth save us from the future crises of neoliberal capitalism?

October 31, 2020November 9, 2020 Jack Ainsworth 0 Comments

This year we have seen our system crumble in front of our very eyes. Our vast, interdependent global economy fell

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The Russian Approach

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Jack Ainsworth 0 Comments

The world as we know it is falling apart. Covid-19 is ripping through countries like a post-Chinese fart at a

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British COVID-19 

Understanding the UK governments response to the COVID-19 outbreak

March 12, 2020October 30, 2020 Jack Ainsworth 2 Comments

Citizens of the UK have watched on as their European neighbours have taken seemingly drastic measures to halt the spread

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Should we allow 16 years olds to vote?

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Jack Ainsworth 0 Comments

The argument for lowering the voting age to 16 in the UK has been strengthened in recent years by the

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Reform or repression? Has Uzbekistan’s new president kept true to his word?

March 1, 2020March 1, 2020 Jack Ainsworth 0 Comments

Earlier this month during his visit to Uzbekistan, American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo commended the country for “its reform

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If Irish Unity becomes a serious prospect, all politicians must start planning

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Jack Ainsworth 0 Comments

Sinn Fein evidenced in the February Irish elections that two-party systems can be successfully contested and distorted. Large parts of

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1917: A Glamorisation of War?

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Jack Ainsworth 0 Comments

I first saw 1917 advertised on the side of a bus with the words ‘you must see this film’ emblazoned

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Lord Bercow: a rite of passage or an unmerited honour?

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 Jack Ainsworth 0 Comments

It has long been tradition for speakers of the House of Commons to be granted a peership in the upper

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Is London overrepresented in British Politics?

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 Jack Ainsworth 1 Comment

Geographically speaking, London is not overrepresented in British politics. London constituencies are overpopulated (see Kensington), and ethnically diverse (see East

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