This year marks forty years since the start of the British miners’ strike of 1984–1985, one of the key events in the history of the labor movement at the end of the last century. The strike ended in defeat, and this defeat became a victory for Thatcherism and Conservative economic policies in Britain. How do participants in those events remember them now? What lessons from past labor movements are important to remind ourselves of? Anatoly Kropivnitskyi translated an article by Robert Rotifer for Tagebuch about the history of that strike and Tom Varley, one of its heroes

On April 5, 2024, the Russian Socialist Movement was declared “foreign agent.” What has been its role in Russian left-wing politics? What is the reason behind its “foreign agent” status? Together with its members, Posle.media recalls the history of the movement in the past decade

What is happening to women in Chechnya today? What are “honor killings” and why are they becoming more widespread? Feminist activist Mika Sargsyan gives details of Seda Suleimanova’s case and its context

What happened in eastern Ukraine during the first years of Russian aggression? What was it like for the residents of the region? Ten years after the beginning of the war and the Russian occupation, we publish an eyewitness testimony from Zerkale nedeli

Azat Miftakhov delivered a сlosing statement at his trial in Ekaterinburg

How can a Christian congregation stand up to an empire? What is the political potential of Eastern Orthodox spiritual practices? How can the radical message of Orthodox Christianity benefit the modern left? Theologian Vladimir Shallar speaks about Orthodox Christianity as an alternative political discourse