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Ko Leik Pya works as a teacher and writer in the UK and Myanmar. He writes here under a pseudonym.
The devastating Covid-19 crisis in India reveals the tragic consequences of global inequality – and the only way to prevent further disasters is to challenge the power of Western states and big corporations.
The likely closure of two of Glasgow’s public libraries has become a point of contention in the Scottish Parliament election campaigns, as local communities fight to hold on to their spaces – bastions of the city’s socialist history.
When it comes to telling the story of the labour movement, women have too often been an after-thought – we take a look at five documentaries which buck the trend by putting Britain’s working-class women to the fore.
Julian Assange has never been convicted of a crime, but remains incarcerated in a high-security prison for revealing the truth about wartime atrocities – the case makes a mockery of the idea of press freedom.
Two new accounts of growing up and leaving Birmingham provide moving accounts of the snobbery and misunderstanding directed at England’s second city by the country’s social elite.
The grim condition of Home Office’s asylum accommodation is notorious, but less well-known is the fact that its provision is outsourced to private companies – who profit from those fleeing disaster and war.
From Enfield Town to FC United and AFC Wimbledon, fan-owned clubs are succeeding across the English game – and offering a model for supporters who want to reclaim football from the corporate elite.
Since the 1800s, the upward march of the organised labour movement has transformed the world of work – reducing hours, improving conditions and winning new rights for millions of working people.
Recent decades have seen a decline in trade union membership, with workers’ conditions deteriorating as a result. The need for the labour movement hasn’t diminished – but to rebuild it, we need to be brave.
The welfare state wasn’t created by enlightened dialogue or ‘sensible’ moderate politics. It was a concession won by workers from the business class – through decades of struggle.
Jack Latham’s records made under the name Jam City are intensely political – not as protest songs written on acoustic guitars, but in the radical texture and ideas conveyed by the music itself.
A new online exhibition exposes the financial and cultural obstacles working-class artists face breaking through – and offers a reminder of the distinctive perspective workers bring to the arts.
For decades, ‘concern’ about immigration to Britain sought to preserve the racial hierarchies of the empire – and imperial notions of ‘us’ and ‘them’ continue to affect our political discourse today.
Portugal decriminalised drug possession for personal use 20 years ago – and as more countries swap a criminal approach for a public health one, Britain’s failure to adapt looks increasingly outdated.
Priti Patel is reportedly drawing up plans for police force league tables. It’s a market-logic method that’s been shown to reproduce inequality elsewhere – and risks making police brutality even worse.
‘Sleaze’ and ‘chumocracy’ have been features of the past year’s politics, but corruption is nothing new – it’s a feature of a system where politicians and corporate lobbyists are often the same people.
The debate over Boris Johnson’s comments is a reminder that Britain’s pandemic disaster wasn’t an act of god, it was a failure of government – as lockdown eases we should remember why so much was lost.
This week, Grace talks to author and organiser Harsha Walia about the role of borders in capitalism and imperialism, and how the Left can resist right-wing populism in the age of nationalism.
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, we remember those at the frontline who lost their lives to the pandemic – and the protective measures, from liveable sick pay to PPE, which could have saved them.
New books by Jon Cruddas and Amelia Horgan exploring work share much common ground, but come to radically different conclusions – exposing a deep generational divide over the future of the workplace.