Paul Mason
12 March 2024
Europe needs to reform to stop the right. Is von der Leyen tough enough to do it?
Her plan will only work if she can deliver growth, clean energy and rising wages
Read the full article06 March 2024
Netanyahu has squandered the world’s sympathy. All that remains is chaos
Decades of untrammelled military power have rendered Israel’s political elite incapable of strategic thinking
Read the full article28 February 2024
If Trump wins, Starmer must be ready to lead not just Britain but Nato too
If Trump walks away from Nato, it will realistically be Starmer who decides what’s next for Britain
Read the full article21 February 2024
Ukraine, two years on. The war Europe must win
On the second anniversary of Putin’s invasion, the time for talk is over. If Ukraine is defeated, an entire continent will be next
Read the full article14 February 2024
Putin’s useful idiot only served one purpose: promoting fascism
Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin did nothing but inflate the dictator’s ego and advertise his own version of history
Read the full article07 February 2024
The worst of the Tory-created council cash crisis is yet to come
Easy to criticise and burden with blame, local government is the perfect scapegoat for the Tories
Read the full article31 January 2024
An economy in crisis. A leadership in denial. The great fall of China is here
Soon, China’s politics will give way to economics and its debt crisis will inevitably entail pain for consumers
Read the full article24 January 2024
A new Corbyn party on the left is good news for the right
Jeremy Corbyn is thought to be mulling the launch of a new left wing party
Read the full article17 January 2024
We’re trying to be a global military power on the cheap… and it shows
If the UK wants to remain a top-tier military power, we need to pay the price
Read the full article10 January 2024
We can’t go on like this. It must be a spring election
Our democracy deserves better than the games Rishi Sunak is playing
Read the full article10 January 2024
The west has 10 months to save Ukraine
Populists in Europe and the US are running on a platform of defunding Zelensky. That brings a Russian victory closer than ever
Read the full article03 January 2024
As Gaza’s tragedy threatens to spread, the ceasefire drumbeat must get louder
The route to a ceasefire in Gaza lies not through rhetorical demands, but through diplomatic pressure
Read the full article20 December 2023
Whatever Orbán and the Republicans throw in its path, Ukraine has to win
The west must understand that when it comes to Putin, there are only binary outcomes
Read the full article13 December 2023
Why we can’t cancel Wagner
Each new performance is a comment on his genius.. and his vile antisemitism
Read the full article12 December 2023
Russia hacked me. The far left smeared me. Now it’s time to fight back
By hacking journalists, Russia is trying to stifle our democracy’s information flow
Read the full article06 December 2023
2023’s most unwelcome reboot: the nuclear nightmare is back
The scale of the global crisis means the time for pacifism is long gone
Read the full article28 November 2023
Unless we unite now to stop them, populists can win anywhere
This lesson is as old as the 1930s but clearly it takes a long time to learn
Read the full article22 November 2023
The Sánchez strategy that Biden must copy
The US president must take a leaf out of the Spanish prime minister’s book and focus on social justice and saving democracy
Read the full article15 November 2023
Once the fighting stops, the world must empower an independent Palestine
Palestine needs a swift route to economic sovereignty and statehood
Read the full article06 November 2023
Starmer is right about Israel and Gaza. But he needs steel – and a philosophy
The crisis has put the Labour leader between a rock and a hard place
Read the full article27 October 2023
Invading Gaza: a strategic mistake
If the Israeli military destroys both Hamas and large parts of Gaza – then what?
Read the full article17 October 2023
Just how secure can we feel about Rachel Reeves’s Securonomics?
Securonomics is not something the existing machinery of the British state is equipped to execute
Read the full article10 October 2023
As we look to the Middle East, beware a faultline near the heart of Europe
As the aftermath of the Hamas incursion dominates the headlines, we should not take our eyes off Kosovo
Read the full article04 October 2023
This is Starmer’s big chance to connect with voters. He must not squander it
In Liverpool, Labour needs to gather the kind of momentum that will bury the Tories for a generation
Read the full article26 September 2023
Joining a four-tier Europe would protect Britain from the coming storm
It's not just the survival of the union that is at stake, but the survival of democracy
Read the full article20 September 2023
Our tractor-beam world has killed off Britain’s delusions of going it alone
Globalisation is failing and it's taking Britain's Brexit down with it
Read the full article13 September 2023
After the impact of the austerity, growth must be everything
A Labour government will need money so that vital public services don’t fall through the cracks
Read the full article02 September 2023
Cleverly left our credibility in Beijing. We’re pandering to dictators again
Our credibility is gone at a time when tough talking to Xi should be our strategy
Read the full article26 August 2023
Space is becoming the new Wild West; it must be a national security priority
Russia’s recent failed attempt to land a space probe on the dark side of the moon should be a wake-up call for the west
Read the full article23 August 2023
China’s crisis should be a turning point for the West’s policy of indulgence
China is the world leader in solar energy, but its status as a likely economic superpower is now in jeopardy
Read the full article16 August 2023
The Tories weaponising racist rage for votes damages them.. and Britain
Elevating Lee Anderson to deputy chairman and giving him carte blanche to stir up racism is a huge mistake by Rishi Sunak
Read the full article01 August 2023
Elon Musk is killing Twitter to fulfil his vision of a rules-free corporate order
Musk is building his libertarian utopia on dry land while the rest of us hold up our hands in despair
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