Carlos Martinez is an independent researcher and political activist from London, Britain. His first book, The End of the Beginning: Lessons of the Soviet Collapse, was published in 2019 by LeftWord Books. His main area of research is the construction of socialist societies, past and present. He is a co-editor of Friends of Socialist China and co-founder of No Cold War.
Peter Thiel occupies an unusual position in the modern technology industry. A billionaire entrepreneur who helped establish PayPal, financed Facebook in its infancy and founded the data analytics company Palantir, he has
Pope Leo XIV left Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, four days after undergoing surgery to remove a malignant lung tumour, returning to the Vatican three days earlier than initially expected. The pontiff appeared in good condition, walked out of the
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign has formally accused Meta of allegedly favouring his presidential rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, in the final days
Donald Trump’s second administration has been engulfed in a fresh bout of internal turmoil after the president dismissed his newly appointed press secretary, Katie
On July 1, 2026, the day China’s new Ethnic Unity law went into effect, a storm of criticism ensued. All major Western media, governments, politicians and human rights groups raced to denounce
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