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Ko Leik Pya works as a teacher and writer in the UK and Myanmar. He writes here under a pseudonym.
By using his platform to challenge the Tories’ woeful response to Covid-19, Andy Burnham has demonstrated what a combative opposition might look like – now it’s time to say what it should fight for.
In Lancaster University, self-isolating students who couldn’t get deliveries were asked to pay extortionate rates for food boxes – so socialist organisers stepped in to provide food for free.
As the Covid-19 pandemic proved, the government could end homelessness if it wanted. This winter thousands of people will sleep rough in Britain – and that is by political choice.
When young people are protesting for social justice, standing up to rip-off bosses or striking against landlords, I want them to know that Young Labour will be on their side.
The crisis our generation faces is too great for half measures – we need to build a London Young Labour that supports grassroots activism and fights for a socialist future.
The Tory government’s decision to scrap the Union Learning Fund – which has helped millions of workers engage in lifelong learning – reveals a deep contempt for working people and their life aspirations.
Former Bolivian president Evo Morales on his rise to power, the coup which overthrew his government – and why today’s election is a fight to restore popular sovereignty.
Nadia Jama explains why she’s running for Labour’s national executive – and why members who support party democracy and socialist policies should back the #GrassrootsVoice slate.
Ahead of this weekend’s Bolivian election, we look at the legacy of Evo Morales – who won power in South America’s poorest country, tripled its GDP and lifted millions out of extreme poverty.
To mark Black History Month, we speak to Diane Abbott about the 10th anniversary of her Labour leadership campaign – the first time a Black MP had stood for party leadership in Britain.
MPs and Lords from the Labour Party, SNP and Sinn Féin, as well as nine trade union leaders and solidarity activists across the UK, sign a letter in support of Bolivian democracy ahead of this weekend’s election.
Figures released this week show that more than 1 million children have signed up for free school meals for the first time since Covid-19. It’s a symbol of the deep social inequalities that scar our education system.
As the government tells the unemployed to ‘get a job in cyber,’ a new report shows that its efforts to roll out superfast broadband are failing spectacularly – and why a public alternative is still necessary.
On this week’s A World to Win, Grace is joined by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald to discuss her party’s recent rise, Ireland’s response to Covid-19 and the prospect of a unity referendum.
By granting effective immunity to undercover agents who commit grievous crimes, today’s Spy Cops Bill places Britain alongside a global attack on human rights – and must be opposed.
Dan Carden resigns from Labour frontbench over CHIS Bill citing concerns “across the labour movement, human rights organisations, and so many who have suffered the abuse of state power, from blacklisted workers to the Hillsborough families and survivors.”
From spy cops at home to war crimes abroad, the Labour leadership has refused to stand up to Tory attacks on human rights – it’s time for the Left to build a broad campaign to defend them.
The Overseas Operations Bill, which comes before Parliament again today, would make military personnel serving abroad immune from prosecution for egregious crimes – including murder and torture. It is a grave threat to human rights.
In south Leeds, private developers plan to demolish the homes of a close-knit former mining community to build executive housing – but they have met fierce resistance from local residents.
Precarity and low pay in modern universities mean that young academics often have to work multiple jobs to make ends meet. If neoliberal reforms continue, the future is clear: academia will once again become the preserve of a social elite.