Billionaires Against Capitalism
When it comes to making the case against capitalism, billionaires are our best friends.
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Ko Leik Pya
Ko Leik Pya works as a teacher and writer in the UK and Myanmar. He writes here under a pseudonym.
Blacklisting: A British Tradition
The latest report on blacklisting shows how serious the establishment is about undermining our movement
As I Please: Beyond Brexit
Labour needs to build the case for a better future beyond Brexit, or risk getting lost in the din.
The Bitcoin Scam
Despite the utopian claims of its proponents, Bitcoin is a right-wing nightmare which facilitates tax evasion, money laundering and environmental degradation.
A Letter from Chongqing
The metropolis of western China has built thousands of council flats for its migrant workers. Does it really offer an alternative to China’s state–driven capitalism?
Social Cleansers for Beauty
Supporters of traditional architecture tell us that they’re just giving us what we want, while taking our homes away from us.
Museums on Trial
Activist-led tours of our major museums can help us to read history against the grain.
Shoplifters of Japan, Unite
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or-winning film focuses on an unusual Japanese family and their attempts to live in the cracks of a failing system.
Cuba’s New Blockade
The US blockade of Cuba is the longest embargo against any country in history. Now, the Trump administration plans to tighten the net.
The Children of Austerity
The scale of school cuts since 2010 mean that Britain’s public education system is being transformed. Each day it becomes less about educating and more about subjecting young people to market discipline.
Britain’s Chagos Shame
Britain’s continued occupation of the Chagos Islands, and refusal to allow its exiled natives a right of return, is a scandal. While it continues, the government can claim no moral authority on the international stage.
There’s No Such Thing as a Nice Tory
Whether they’re Cameroons or Brexiteers, every single Tory leadership candidate is implicated in a decade of policies that tore Britain’s social fabric apart. None of them deserve to be Prime Minister.
From Marx to Freud
In 1969, Herbert Marcuse’s ‘Essay on Liberation’ combined Marx and Freud, and inspired thousands of radicals. How liberating is it fifty years later?
An Industrial Policy for the Twenty-First Century
A Labour government must pursue an industrial policy that renews our economy and redistributes our common wealth.
Socialism: The Movie
A new documentary explores the history of socialist politics in America and tells the stories of the young left-wingers helping to put it back on the map.
The Neoliberal City
Housing campaigner Glyn Robbins discusses how the market is remaking the council estate where he works, eroding the bonds that build working class communities.
Hold the Line
The European election results were bad for Labour, but plunging the party into the culture war would mean the end of class politics.
Keeping the Red Flag Flying
This weekend a festival in Wales remembers the 1831 Merthyr Rising, where workers demanding better wages seized control of their town and flew the red flag for the first time.
Theresa May’s Miserable Legacy
This morning, as Theresa May resigned, a damning report was released shedding light on her attempts to expel tens of thousands of foreign students. These policies, more than anything else, define her political career.
Good Riddance Theresa May
Theresa May caused misery for working-class communities across Britain. Unite’s Len McCluskey says the effects will be felt long after the removal vans have taken her back to Maidenhead.