The New Authoritarianism
In a string of recent legislation, the Tories have mounted the most dangerous campaign to undermine civil liberties in a generation – with the hope of building a society where power can act with impunity.
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Ellie Whittaker
Ellie Woolstencroft is an activist with Labour for a Green New Deal.
Demolishing Soviet Modernism
After 1917, modernist architects in the multicultural south of the Russian Federation attempted to build a new society with bold design – but today, their buildings are being dismantled along with the Soviet past.
The Struggle for the Great Reform Act
On 7 June 1832, the first Representation of the People Act passed, laying the foundations for the growth of representative democracy in Britain – it was a partial victory won by centuries of agitation.
States Can Take On The Corporate Elite – If They Want To
The G7’s agreement to set a 15% global minimum corporate tax rate shows that states can act to rein in the power of the world’s wealthy – if politicians aren’t beholden to their interests.
Rooftop Pools for Everyone
The existence of the Nine Elms sky pool isn’t only evidence of the absurd luxuries of the rich – it proves that we could all have communal luxury, if our political class thought it worthwhile.
Open Letter: Stop the Repression of Palestine Solidarity in British Schools
In an open letter, a group of human rights organisations express their concern about the growing effort to silence pupils’ expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian cause in schools across the country.
There’s No Place for Arms Companies in LGBT+ Liberation
For many years, the arms industry has cynically exploited Pride as an opportunity to sanitise its image – but profiting from death and destruction has nothing to do with liberation.
Partisans on the Pitch
In 20th century Yugoslavia, football played a decisive role in politics – arising from the workers’ movement, recruiting for the struggle against fascism and even helping to build a socialist state.
The Tories’ School Catch-Up Plan Will Leave Poor Kids Further Behind
The Tories have approved school catch-up funding of as little as £50 per pupil per year, compared to £1,600 in the US and £2,500 in Holland – just the latest policy which will punish poorer kids the most.
Behind the Sky Pool
Images of Nine Elms’ sky pool provoked controversy last week, but behind the glass lies a story of Britain’s political elite conspiring with super-rich developers – and the communities that suffer as a result.
Capital’s Latest Trick
Workers are facing an attack on pay and conditions, backed by the threat of the sack. Trade union action is our best hope to bring the assault to an end.
Unbreak Our Hearts
A new history of depression poses the question of where politics ends and illness begins.
Northumbrian Psycho
Eliza Clark’s shlock horror novel Boy Parts is an unreliably-narrated account of violence and ambition, which doubles as a portrait of national dysfunction.
Why Young People Need to Organise
From work to housing and public services, the emerging generation is screwed by today’s economy — and the only answer is to organise collectively to fight for better.
How Labour Lost its Purpose
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing. More worryingly, it doesn’t seem to know why.
The Free Press Fantasy
We often hear that the media’s job is to hold power to account — but in reality, its function is to project the views of the powerful across society.
Remembering Stan Newens
Veteran Labour Left MP and Tribunite Stan Newens passed away earlier this year aged 91. We remember his contributions to socialism.
Some Very British Violence
The scenes at Clapham Common earlier this year prompted shocked realisations about police brutality — but state violence is a defining feature of our isolated, individualised world.
I Know Bono and He Knows Ono and She Knows Eno
A 25th anniversary edition of Brian Eno’s 1995 diaries show just how much has changed since that time, the author included.
Toxic Kitchens: How Workers Are Fighting for Better Amid Reopening
As hospitality reopens across Britain, many workers are facing abysmal conditions amid staff shortages – but now they’re fighting back by joining trade unions.