Coming Out Against Imperialism
In the 1970s, pioneering gay activists in the US and Britain saw the fight against homophobia as part of a much broader struggle – one which linked Pride to the cause of liberating the world’s oppressed peoples.
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Ellie Whittaker
Ellie Woolstencroft is an activist with Labour for a Green New Deal.
Debunking the Myths of Liberalism
Liberalism is often framed as the politics of human rights and individual freedom, but its origins lie just as much in a fear of the masses – and only understanding that anti-democratic impulse can clarify its purpose.
The Two Englands
The Tories portray themselves as the natural party of a conservative England, but there is another England – one with a centuries-old tradition of radicalism and dissent against the established order.
The Socialist Architecture of Svetlana Kana Radević
Svetlana Kana Radević was one of the great architects of socialist Yugoslavia – her emphasis on public space showed what architecture can achieve when liberated from the constraints of the property market.
Starmer’s Blairite Bunch
Keir Starmer’s reshuffle of his top staff is an attempt to shift the blame for the party’s ongoing poor performance – but bringing in more Blair-era right-wingers will only make Labour’s problems worse.
How Cricket Became a Symbol of West Indian Pride
In the post-war era, Caribbean independence coincided with the rise of the West Indies cricket team – making matches against England political affairs which pitted former coloniser against the colonised.
How the Clarion Cycling Club Put the Brakes on Socialism
After more than a century of tradition, the Clarion Cycling Club severed its historic link to socialism earlier this month at a contentious AGM – breaking ties to the workers’ movement which brought the club into existence.
Building Urban Myths
Jimmy Cauty’s exhibition ESTATE makes model villages out of some of Scotland’s best known housing projects – raising questions about working-class housing and the mythologies it inspires.
Liveable Sick Pay Saves Lives – But the Tories Don’t Want You to Have It
This week we discovered that the Treasury suppressed information about access to sick pay – just the latest scandal from a government which has refused to make liveable sick pay available throughout Covid-19.
After the Office
Despite the pleas of commercial landlords, working from home is here to stay in many cases – it’s time to use the opportunity to refocus our public space on community, rather than the needs of corporations.
New Zealand’s Forgotten Socialist Modernism
In the 1940s, New Zealand’s Labour government employed architects who fled Nazi Germany to design working-class housing in Auckland – and inspire a vision of what a socialist city of the future might look like.
We Still Need to Kill the Bill
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is due to finish its current stage today, returning to Parliament in early July. We can and must kill it – but we should also be asking how our ‘democratic’ system produced it in the first place.
How Covid-19 Minted 5 Million New Millionaires
While huge numbers were pushed towards poverty by Covid, central bank policies created 5 million new millionaires during the pandemic – just the latest sign that our economy is rigged for the rich.
Amazon Is a Symbol of Capitalism’s Wastefulness
A new report has revealed that just one Amazon warehouse in Scotland destroys 130,000 unsold goods per week – a reminder of the waste involved in production for profit rather than public need.
42. What Is Liberalism? An Interview with Alexander Zevin
On this week’s episode, Grace speaks to Alexander Zevin, author of Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist, about the liberal ideology, whether liberalism is in crisis – and where the liberal world order goes next.
The Secretive Formula Used by Bosses to Punish Workers for Being Sick
The Bradford Factor, a secretive formula used by bosses to determine the ‘disruptiveness’ of worker absences, is an increasingly popular means of employer control – and treating illness as an offence.
Dido Harding Should Not Be Anywhere Near the NHS
The NHS needs someone committed to reversing austerity, paying living wages and bringing services back into public ownership – but Dido Harding would be a sign it will get profiteering and xenophobia instead.
Racism Is Not a Culture War Toy – It’s a Fact of Life in Britain
On Windrush Day, the Tory government is once again downplaying the importance of racism in British society – but the evidence is clear: racism remains embedded in the institutions that structure daily life.
Abolish Landlords
A century ago, socialists demanded that housing should serve public need rather than private profit – that aspiration remains as relevant today, but it can only be realised under one condition: abolishing landlords.
Eastern Bloc Rock
40 years ago, Chris Bohn wrote a report on the Czechoslovak music underground for the NME – his article broke the widespread convention that rock could only be made in England or America.