Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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Natasha Hakimi Zapata is an award-winning journalist and university lecturer based in London. She is the author of Another World Is Possible (The New Press), and her work has been published in The Nation, In These Times, ScheerPost, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere.

Elderly woman arrested at protest against the proscription of Palestine Action in the United Kingdom.

Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party

Starmer’s rightward turn and austerity agenda fracture Labour, as Corbyn and Sultana rally disillusioned voters behind a new left alternative.

Sep 16, 2025 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution

Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution

With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying to keep the lights on. Here’s how they did it.

Mar 13, 2025 / Feature / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Riot police hold back anti-immigrant protesters near a burning police vehicle in Southport, England.

The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris

Like the Tories, the new Labour government wants to blame immigration for Britain’s current troubles, but these have less to do with immigration than with deprivation.

Aug 29, 2024 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Anti-migration protesters throw chunks of concrete outside the Holiday Inn Express Hotel, which is housing asylum seekers on August 4, 2024, in Rotherham, United Kingdom.

Facing Far-Right Riots, Britain’s History—Good and Bad—Repeats Itself Facing Far-Right Riots, Britain’s History—Good and Bad—Repeats Itself

Days of anti-immigrant violence across the United Kingdom were met with powerful anti-racist resistance after a tragedy left the country reeling.

Aug 9, 2024 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Dr. Hilary Cass in London

What the Cass Review Means for Trans Kids in Britain—and Beyond What the Cass Review Means for Trans Kids in Britain—and Beyond

A new review of gender-affirming healthcare in England could change the way gender-questioning children and young everywhere people receive care.

Apr 19, 2024 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Two children walk along a dirt road in front of a field of huts.

The Progressive Refugee Policy That Puts the West to Shame The Progressive Refugee Policy That Puts the West to Shame

Uganda’s role as a co-convenor of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva this week should raise urgent questions about the interests behind its much-lauded open-door refugee policy.

Dec 12, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

A still from the film Phantom Parrot, which follows the case of human rights activist Muhammad Rabbani.

The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand

Phantom Parrot, a British documentary now screening in the US, sheds light on the Orwellian technologies being used across borders to repress activists, journalists, and others.

Nov 27, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

A group of people protested in front of the British Embassy, in Paris, to demand the release of Ernest Moret, on April 18, 2023 in Paris, France. The french publisher was taken into custody when he arrived in London to attended to a book fair. (Photo by Telmo Pinto/NurPhoto via AP)

What the UK’s Arrest of a French Publisher Means for Public Intellectuals the World Over What the UK’s Arrest of a French Publisher Means for Public Intellectuals the World Over

The detention of Ernest Moret raises urgent questions about British authorities’ targeting public intellectuals at the request of other nations.

Apr 24, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Now-former Prime Minister Liz Truss is candidly pictured leaving 10 Downing Street.

Liz Truss or No Liz Truss, Things Are Bleaker in Britain Than Anyone Realizes Liz Truss or No Liz Truss, Things Are Bleaker in Britain Than Anyone Realizes

As jaws drop around the world over the resignation of the UK’s shortest-lived prime minister, life here is getting considerably worse by the day.

Oct 20, 2022 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris John waves as he leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions. He is holding a folder and wearing a suit with a green tie.

Boris Johnson’s (Far From Final) Bill for Damages Boris Johnson’s (Far From Final) Bill for Damages

While the elderly white men who run Britain’s Conservative Party chose between two deeply depressing choices for new leader, let’s take a minute to reckon just how much ruin the di...

Aug 1, 2022 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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