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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 crisis Britain faces this winter required an ambitious package of support – from an evictions ban to liveable sick pay and Universal Credit reform. Instead, we got half measures at the last minute.
Briahna Joy Gray, national press secretary for Bernie 2020, sheds light on the campaign’s highs and lows — and gives her view on where the American left should go next.
On this week’s A World to Win, Grace is joined by former Bernie spokesperson Briahna Joy Gray and Jacobin contributing editor Matt Karp to discuss the US election chaos – and what it all means for the Left.
The trade union movement must demand a government response that protects workers during the new lockdown – from nationalising test and trace to full pay for those forced not to work.
Today, thousands of workers in the BT Group begin a campaign of action against compulsory redundancies – their reward from the company for the risks they took as key workers at the Covid-19 frontlines.
The decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn did nothing to further the fight against antisemitism. In fact, it set the cause back – and once again turned Jewish people into a political football.
Nigel Farage’s new anti-lockdown party aims to capitalise on the economic hardship facing millions due to the government’s Covid-19 failures. The Left must speak to these concerns – or risk him gaining ground.
Robert Fisk was a rare voice in journalism who told the truth about the West’s role in the world and challenged its power. His death leaves a void that is unlikely to be filled in today’s media environment.
By refusing financial support for devolved nations and regional mayors – and acting only when Southern England needed help – Boris Johnson has turbo-charged Britain’s process of disintegration.
Donald Trump is setting the table to dispute today’s election results, even ones that make clear he’s lost. If that happens, strongly-worded statements won’t be enough – only protests can challenge him.
Hari Kunzru’s novel ‘Red Pill’ depicts the disquieting relationship between a bored liberal academic and a charismatic alt-right edgelord.
For decades, the prestige of the US presidency disguised inequality at home and war abroad. With Donald Trump that esteem disappeared – and it’s unlikely to return anytime soon.
From the rise of multinational corporations to the decline of trade unions, the modern economy has been built to deepen inequality at every turn – and the only way to change it is to empower workers.
Before Marcus Rashford’s free school meals campaign, football fans were bridging age-old rivalries to support foodbanks – and shame the government over its failure to tackle Britain’s hunger epidemic.
Successive governments have pledged to revive Britain’s manufacturing industry and its well-paying jobs – but these promises will always ring hollow without a willingness to challenge the City of London.
101 years ago today, Irish revolutionary Kevin Barry was hanged at just eighteen years of age. Immortalised in song, his execution became an international cause – and fanned the flames of rebellion.
This week Poland banned abortion after its government stacked the courts with right-wing ideologues. But they didn’t count on women fighting back – and now face a historic wave of protest.
To mark Black History Month, we remember the life of Charlie Hutchison – Britain’s only black international brigadier to Spain, a lifelong anti-fascist and one of the soldiers who liberated Bergen-Belsen in 1945.
The Starmer leadership’s decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn is a baseless and transparent attack on the Left – Labour members must fight it, or everything Corbyn stood for will depart with him.
It’s time for a programme of investment that supports our culture industry and provides jobs for communities that have been held back – not just in our cities but in our towns and regions.