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Critical Takes publishes analysis, comment and reflection, by and for people from civil society around the world, which responds in some way to the question: "what should we do about corporate power?" You can see the kinds of articles which are published here. Critical Takes also publishes interviews.

Until recently I offered a fee to the authors of articles published on the platform on the basis that writing an article is a lot of work and no-one should be expected to do that work for free. Unfortunately I can't continue doing that for the simple reason that I fund Critical Takes myself and can't afford it any more.

Please do get in touch if you would like your latest thinking about corporate power to reach a wider audience across civil society, or if you have some interesting reflections which you can't publish in your day job, but please be aware that you won't be offered a fee. I'm sorry about that. I hope that in future Critical Takes will get third-party funding and the old policy will become financially feasible again. 

The house style of Critical Takes is for articles written in a clear and accessible style for a civil society readership, with a usual maximum length of around 1,000 words. You can reuse material which you have published elsewhere, as long as you have the necessary rights and permissions. Your work will be edited. I try to make as few edits as possible but you may be asked to make changes here and there.

If you would like to propose an article, please send an email of no more than 200 words (no attachments, please) to submissions@criticaltakes.org which explains:

• what you would like to say in the article;
• how you know about the topic you want to write about.

I will respond to all emailed submissions as soon as possible. Please note that Critical Takes does not publish investigative reports or news stories. 

Thank you and best wishes,

Diarmid

January 2026