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Roger McKenzie
A woman place flowers at the memorial to the fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Independence Square to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 24, 2026
Russia-Ukraine / 24 February 2026
24 February 2026
STARK WARNING: A billboard in Tehran depicts a US aircraft carrier with fighter jets on its deck being hit. A sign reads: ‘If you sow the wind, you'll reap the whirlwind,’ Sunday, February 22 2026
International Politics / 24 February 2026
24 February 2026

Rubio's disturbing speech in Munich exposed the West's brutal plans — more imperialism, more colonialism, more white supremacy, says ROGER McKENZIE 

Sudanese families displaced from El-Fasher reach out as aid workers distribute food supplies at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, Sudan's Northern State, November 16, 2025
Sudan / 19 February 2026
19 February 2026
TAKING A STAND: Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy. Photo: jeanbaptisteparis/ Creative Commons
Features / 19 February 2026
19 February 2026

In times of genocide, art is not a refuge from politics but a weapon against injustice, says ROGER McKENZIE, highlighting three of his own favourite political truth-tellers

(L to R) Claudia Jones on the cover of the Young Communist Weekly Review (US), October 1938, Claudia Jones and Betty Gannett (CPSU theoretician) arrested after their bail was revoked July 17, 1951 / Pics (L to R) YCL/CC, Public domain
Features / 21 February 2026
21 February 2026

On the 121st anniversary of communist Claudia Jones’s birth ROGER McKENZIE looks at political events that shaped her, and those she helped shape

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Chairperson of the African Union Joao Lourenco attend a plenary session on the opening day of the G20 Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 22, 2025
International Relations / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington
US / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026

The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE

Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony with Uruguay's President Yamandu Orsi, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, February 3, 2026
China / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026
SECRET STATE: The statue of David Stirling, founder of the SAS, looks over mist around Ben Ledi mountain, Central Scotland
Features / 29 January 2026
29 January 2026

As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE