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FIFA World Cup 2026 football. Photo: UKinUSA / CC BY-SA 4.0

World Cup 2026: FIFA money, US racism and other controversies

Michael Lavalette

Andy Burnham. Photo: Scottish Government / CC BY 2.0

Why Burnham will be business as usual

Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth. Photo: White House / Public Domain

The new balance of power in the Middle East

Keir Starmer, John Healey. Photo: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street / CC BY-NC 2.0

Healey resigns: Military industrial complex makes its move on No. 10

Empty plinth where Karl Liebknecht spoke against the First World War on May Day 1916, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin/ Photo: Robert Dale

Ukraine: The propaganda war

Belfast bus set on fire, 9 June. Photo: YouTube / Fair use

The UK’s summer pogroms: How we respond

Left to right: Ursula von der Leyen, Keir Starmer, Alexander Stubb, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Giorgia Meloni, Friedrich Merz, Mark Rutte. Photo: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The European war drive and how to stop it – editorial

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during the FIFA World Cup 2026 official draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., December 5, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

The social costs of the World Cup

US Navy sailors and UK Royal Marines taking part in a joint exercise in the Chagos Islands. Photo: U.S. Navy / Public Domain

Chaotic approach to the Chagos Islands

Jacqueline Mulhallen

Kneecap’s free Marwan stage set with speaker Arab Barghouti, son of Marwan Barghouti Photo: Graham Kirkwood

Beats and branding – Primavera music festival review

Graham Kirkwood

Metropolitan Police. Photo: Pexels / Public Domain

Lies, damned lies and no statistics: the right wing and policing – weekly briefing

The University & Colleges Union flag flies in front of Parliament. Photo: Simarchy / CC BY-ND 2.0

Universities in crisis: why we need a national fightback

Counterfire UCU members

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