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‘Europeans have to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan on Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’ and the end of the western alliance

Jan 20, 2026

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16 min read

‘Europeans have to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan on Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’ and the end of the western alliance

The geopolitics expert, who warned of the president’s authoritarianism a decade ago, tells Carole Cadwalladr how deep the roots of American white nationalism are – and that Europeam governments needs to wake up, fast

Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr

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Nazi slogans and racist memes: a guide to the US government’s flirtation with fascist propaganda

Jan 19, 2026

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11 min read

Nazi slogans and racist memes: a guide to the US government’s flirtation with fascist propaganda

Departments are under fire for social media content that references far-right ideology and symbolism - and which seems increasingly explicit. John Mulholland rounds up the most shocking posts

John Mulholland
John Mulholland

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How the ICE enforcement raids turbocharged an army of citizen journalists

Jan 16, 2026

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9 min read

How the ICE enforcement raids turbocharged an army of citizen journalists

The online documentation of ICE agents in the field via viral video footage is turning the tide of public opinion, and has seen the administration respond with highly stylised films of their own, writes John Mulholland

John Mulholland
John Mulholland

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'The word terrorism is used to remove empathy': Natasha Walter on how language dehumanises the Palestine Action hunger strikers

Jan 9, 2026

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6 min read

'The word terrorism is used to remove empathy': Natasha Walter on how language dehumanises the Palestine Action hunger strikers

Heba Muraisi has never been charged, tried or convicted of terrorism. But she and the other hunger strikers have been stripped of humanity in the way they have been labelled by the government. The damage is evident in how ordinary people react to them

Natasha Walter
Natasha Walter

Politics

Trump in plain sight: how a new US security document has changed the world

Jan 8, 2026

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9 min read

Trump in plain sight: how a new US security document has changed the world

The crises over Venezuela and Greenland are not accidental – they are part of the White House’s stated vision for a new world order run by the ‘great powers’, writes analyst and former diplomat Arthur Snell

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Cover-Up filmmaker Laura Poitras: ‘What do I always carry with me? An escape plan’

Dec 19, 2025

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9 min read

Cover-Up filmmaker Laura Poitras: ‘What do I always carry with me? An escape plan’

As her film about trailblazing reporter Seymour Hersh hits Netflix, in the week it made the Oscar documentary shortlist, the director answers the Nerve Q&A - on troublemakers, optimism and her ‘hippie’ schooling

Guy Lodge
Guy Lodge

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Stewart Lee: Remember when America used to destroy democracy in style? Those were the days

Dec 12, 2025

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8 min read

Stewart Lee: Remember when America used to destroy democracy in style? Those were the days

The CIA once promoted abstract expressionism as a tool of regime change. Now we have AI videos of Trump bombing people with faeces

Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee

Politics

Cringe, actually. A young person's guide to how not to do politics on social media

Dec 12, 2025

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12 min read

Cringe, actually. A young person's guide to how not to do politics on social media

In the absence of any youth-friendly policies, British politicians, led by Keir Starmer, are doubling down on online comms – and it isn’t working. Nerve editorial assistant Anandita Abraham analyses some cover-your-eyes examples

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If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer

Dec 9, 2025

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9 min read

If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer

The government's wildly unpopular new policy is backed by Britain’s wildly unpopular former PM. It’s also a techno-authoritarian’s wet dream, argues Carole Cadwalladr

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‘A permission structure for violence’: what the murder of a healthcare CEO and the cult of Luigi Mangione tell us about the alienation of young America

Dec 4, 2025

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20 min read

‘A permission structure for violence’: what the murder of a healthcare CEO and the cult of Luigi Mangione tell us about the alienation of young America

On the anniversary of the death of the UnitedHealthcare boss, John H Richardson, the author of a new book about the man charged with the killing, talks to John Mulholland about the contrasting attitudes to the case, and the ‘distress’ endemic in US society

Politics

John Sweeney: Reform UK’s 'boy wonder' Warwickshire council leader has gone too far this time

Dec 2, 2025

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7 min read

John Sweeney: Reform UK’s 'boy wonder' Warwickshire council leader has gone too far this time

The Nerve's Reform correspondent assesses teenager George Finch’s recent controversial comments about the alleged rape of a child – and says he’s skating on thin ice

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Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game

Nov 28, 2025

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6 min read

Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game

My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes Martin Shipton

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Rumours, reports and a row on Facebook: how I followed the Russian trail to Nathan Gill

Nov 25, 2025

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10 min read

Rumours, reports and a row on Facebook: how I followed the Russian trail to Nathan Gill

Five years before the disgraced ex-Reform politician was sentenced, political scientist Anton Shekhovtsov had encountered his name during his research. Here he recounts how what at first seemed like a footnote grew into a scandal

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Storm Claudia puts Wales under water – why did these record-breaking floods barely make the news?

Nov 21, 2025

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9 min read

Storm Claudia puts Wales under water – why did these record-breaking floods barely make the news?

On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, Jude Rogers heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly the disaster was hardly referred to in Westminster and the national press

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Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline

Nov 21, 2025

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26 min read

Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline

As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexit

Politics

An absent MP. A Russian traitor in Reform. I go to Clacton in search of Nigel Farage

Nov 18, 2025

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7 min read

An absent MP. A Russian traitor in Reform. I go to Clacton in search of Nigel Farage

On the trail of the elusive Reform leader, John Sweeney films a report in his struggling constituency – where even the prospect of Putin undermining British politics doesn’t raise many eyebrows

Politics

'Everyday people can be heroes': ten things I’ve learned about humanity in a decade running Choose Love

Nov 14, 2025

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8 min read

'Everyday people can be heroes': ten things I’ve learned about humanity in a decade running Choose Love

Josie Fernandez-Marelli had no experience of the charity sector when she started fundraising for displaced people in Calais in 2015. Now her group operates in 50 countries – and here’s what she's learned along the way

Politics

The prince, the paedophile and the walk in the park: why did Andrew meet Epstein that day in New York?

Nov 7, 2025

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9 min read

The prince, the paedophile and the walk in the park: why did Andrew meet Epstein that day in New York?

Last week Democrat members of the US Congress called for Mr Mountbatten Windsor to be interviewed as part of their investigation into the dead financier. The former prince has one big question to answer, writes John Sweeney

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Deborah Frances-White: the American Christian right has infiltrated the UK. We are on the road to Gilead, but it's not too late to change course

Nov 4, 2025

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13 min read

Deborah Frances-White: the American Christian right has infiltrated the UK. We are on the road to Gilead, but it's not too late to change course

Ten years ago I started the Guilty Feminist podcast. Since then, I’ve watched Trump's America roll back women's rights. As I see the same strategies being imported to the UK, I am starting a movement to fight back. Join me!

Politics

‘He’s so unafraid’: how New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani aced his TikTok game

Nov 4, 2025

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8 min read

‘He’s so unafraid’: how New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani aced his TikTok game

As New Yorkers went to vote, the unapologetically leftwing – and hugely popular – candidate was leading the polls. Mamdani's fearless, canny, often funny, social media posts played a key role in his campaign. Kat Tenbarge reports

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"It's democracy, but not as we know it": John Sweeney on Reform, Russia & the result in Caerphilly

Oct 24, 2025

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11 min read

"It's democracy, but not as we know it": John Sweeney on Reform, Russia & the result in Caerphilly

The Nerve’s Reform correspondent went to Caerphilly on polling day to catch the mood of a bellwether by-election: would Reform UK defeat Labour as the stats were suggesting? And where on earth was their candidate Llŷr Powell, former colleague of Russian puppet Nathan Gill? Watch John's report to find out...

Politics

The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP

Oct 17, 2025

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17 min read

The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP

Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform on Thursday, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to charge him after he was originally detained

Politics

The handler of Reform UK's Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why is no one asking more questions?

Oct 12, 2025

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11 min read

The handler of Reform UK's Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why is no one asking more questions?

Gill, former leader of Nigel Farage's party in Wales, admits taking bribes to help Putin. And his Russian connection - the Ukrainian politician Oleh Voloshyn - in turn has links to a key figure wanted by US authorities over election interference. By Carole Cadwalladr

Politics

Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens

Oct 7, 2025

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7 min read

Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens

The writer and activist reports from the Green Party conference, where it was clear that the party's stance on issues beyond the environment are bringing the Greta Thunberg generation to them in droves

Natasha Walter
Natasha Walter

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