Amazon warehouse workers win a union vote in Staten Island. Starbucks' crews are organising. The Battleground's Josh White and John Foster return with another episode of Left To Burn in which they talk about a revitalised labour movement and its place in the European Union and the United States.

In the latest episode of Left To Burn, Josh White and John Foster discuss the reception of the Ukraine invasion in the United States and Europe, as well as the odd love affair of the British and American right for Vladimir Putin.

In the new episode of Left To Burn, Battleground editors John Foster and Josh White assess the likelihood of Russia invading Ukraine, the possible outcomes, and the potential consequences for European politics.

What happened to social democracy? For most of the post-war era, it occupied a stable place between reactionary liberalism and repressive communism. In the first 2022 episode of the Left to Burn podcast, Josh White and John Foster discuss developments in Germany’s SPD and Britain’s Labour Party, comparing their diverging fortunes and prospects for the future.

In this edition of The Battleground’s Left To Burn podcast, Joel Schalit spoke to Raz Mesinai about how he produced his new Sonic Hauntology LP and why, as a form of documentary reportage, it distinguishes itself in a normally staid and uncreative genre

In the second part of this interview, Josh White talks to Joe Glenton about the politics of the British military and whether it is doomed to domination by conservatives.

In the latest Eurasian Climate Brief, Team ECB speaks to Georgian environmental researcher Mariam Devidze about the impacts of international climate projects in her country. Devidze is also critical of mega-dams in Georgia. Our own Angelina Davydova also tells us about the current proliferation of climate initiatives in Russia, including Russia's first environmental theatre festival in St. Petersburg.

Soldiers get politicised by war. But few live to write about it like British journalist Joe Glenton. Josh White talks to Glenton about his new book Veteranhood: Rage and Hope in British Ex-Military Life.

What are the take-aways of #COP26? In the Eurasian Climate Brief's wrap-up episode, the Climate Action Network's Olha Boiko is sceptical the summit has secured a 1.5C target but sees hope in rising climate activism in Central Asia and the region’s pledges to phase out coal.

Developing countries have criticised the OECD definition of climate finance, which includes grants, loans, and export finance credits from both private and public sources. In the 6th episode of the Eurasian Climate Brief’s COP26 coverage, Team ECB interviews the head of the climate and energy programme at WWF Russia, Alexey Kokorin. We ask Kokorin, amongst other things, what exactly counts as climate finance.