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Ko Leik Pya works as a teacher and writer in the UK and Myanmar. He writes here under a pseudonym.
Right-wing lobby group the New Schools Network receives 83% of its funding from the public despite being an ‘independent charity’ – and now it is devoting its resources to attacking teachers’ unions.
Film-maker Chris Atkins was locked up in Wandsworth after being convicted of tax fraud. His account of five years inside reveals a dysfunctional system in dire need of reform.
In addition to public health risks, the government’s insistence on reopening schools tomorrow will plunge children and teachers into a surreal environment where proper care and learning are almost impossible.
Right-wing commentators are indignant about looting during the protests in Minneapolis – but the system they support loots working-class communities every single day.
Previous crises have led to wholesale changes in the world of work, and coronavirus can be no different – this is the moment to fight for reduced working hours with no loss in pay.
Pluto’s ‘Outspoken’ series of polemical books starts out with short, sharp texts on class and feminism – and aims to help an emergent generation of radicals find their way beyond the limits of mainstream politics.
Socialists in Britain should support those protesting the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis – and campaign against the racism the plagues our own police forces, argues Claudia Webbe.
The European Union’s coronavirus recovery fund has been hailed as a ‘Hamilton moment’ – but in reality it falls far short of the intervention needed to prevent the continent’s core and periphery splitting apart.
This crisis has exposed Thatcher’s myth that there is ‘no such thing as society.’ In reality, the rich simply live as if they were responsible to no one – while others make their lives possible, argues Zarah Sultana.
Britain’s weekly #ClapforCarers is one of the largest civic mobilisations in the country’s history – but whether its legacy is cover for government failures or a renewed collective spirit remains open to question.
The coronavirus crisis will increase the flow of wealth upwards, with even 45% of furlough scheme funds going to rent and debt payments – if we are to avoid deeper inequality, we need to tax the wealthy.
At a time when collective solutions were needed to a collective problem, Dominic Cummings put his own interests before those of society – that sums up the capitalist ethos, argues Grace Blakeley.
On this day in 1971, Britain adopted the Misuse of Drugs Act. Almost 50 years later, it’s time to look beyond prohibition – but the solution won’t be found in a for-profit recreational drugs industry.
In the years after World War Two, Britain’s fascist movement began to build again – a new book tells the story of how a group of young Jews organised to beat them off the streets.
The Covid-19 pandemic is causing chaos in the housing market – but whether it leads to a property crash, a deepening crisis for renters, or even a respite in rising costs remains contested.
To change Momentum, we need to understand the roots of its problems – a weak socialist politics which neither empowered members nor stood up to the challenges of the Corbyn era, argues Max Shanly.
As furloughed workers, the self-employed and those stuck at home start to lose track of time, it’s important not to lose track of what has happened – and who is responsible.
Momentum NCG candidate Andrew Scattergood explains why he’s backing Forward Momentum in the elections – and why democracy is the path to achieving unity on the Left.
For the countries of the Global South, Covid-19 will be followed by an economic crisis and the fallout from climate change – if deeper global inequality is to be avoided, they’ll need solidarity.
From isolation to increased costs, cuts in supports and lack of basics like physical therapy, disabled children are finding their lives dramatically harder under coronavirus – with little help forthcoming from the government.