The Political James Joyce
Today marks the 80th anniversary of James Joyce’s death. His writing was impacted by the great political intrigues of his time – from nationalism to religion, and his own sympathies for socialism.
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Miriam Pensack
Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
The Great School Meals Rip-Off
The miserable school meal ‘hampers’ are the latest public services outsourced to for-profit companies that consistently fail to deliver. Childhood hunger should not be lining private pockets.
Big Tech’s Control of the Public Sphere Should Worry Us All
Many on the Left celebrated the suspension of Donald Trump’s Twitter account – but behind the decision lies a nexus of unaccountable power that threatens socialists as much as it does the far-right.
Covid-19 Vaccines Should Be a Public Good
Covid-19 vaccines should be mass produced and made available to the whole world – but because of the pharmaceutical industry and its patents, private profit and not public health will determine the rollout.
Cinema: For Us, the Most Important Art
Cinema is not the same as streaming: it’s collective, and often inspires discussion and argument. In 2021, when the pandemic finally recedes, why not build socialist film clubs?
After the Capitol Riot, it’s Time to Rebuild Class Politics
The US Capitol riot was just the latest sign of a political system in deep crisis – and the only long-term solution is a break with the culture war and a return to class struggle.
The British Government is Covering Up its Role in Yemen
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Defence was revealed to be underreporting civilian casualties in Yemen. It’s no surprise – the British government is complicit in a humanitarian disaster, and is trying to cover its tracks.
The Hostile Environment’s Next Step
Priti Patel is considering plans to halve the minimum prison sentence required for deportation – the latest attack on migrants from a government determined to expand the hostile environment at every opportunity.
The Scouse Exception
As many of Labour’s post-industrial heartlands drifted rightward, Liverpool remained solidly red. The reason is clear: working-class community organising.
The Private Nursery Mess
The government has decided to keep nurseries open – despite scientific advice – to prevent many private outlets from closing. There is an alternative: publicly-funded childcare and early childhood education.
How Disaster Capitalists Have Exploited Covid-19
From dodgy bailouts to crony outsourcing, sweetheart deregulations and welfare profiteering, Covid-19 has provided plenty of opportunities for disaster capitalists – and they’ve been only too happy to take them.
In Defence of the Prefab
The prefabricated homes built across Britain in the 1940s were more than just emergency housing – they were a rapid response to crises of overcrowding and poor accommodation that were remarkably similar to today.
The British Gas Strike Shows Why We Need to Renationalise Our Utilities
The privatisation of British Gas has led to attacks on workers’ rights and a bad deal for consumers – essential services like energy supply should be owned and run in the public interest, not for corporate profit.
Britain’s Skyrocketing Income Inequality
In the 1980s, CEOs in Britain earned 20 times average worker salaries. Today, it is 120 times. This explosion in income inequality is not an accident – it is the direct result of policies pushed by our political and economic elites.
The 18th Brumaire of Donald Trump
This week we saw the natural culmination of Trumpism: a politics of pure conflict, which harnesses anger without a project of transformation, a revolt against a state of affairs which in reality it seeks to preserve.
It’s Time to End the Cosy Little Club of Scottish Politics
Neither independence nor unionism can solve the deep social problems that plague Scotland, only a socialist challenge to the political establishment can do that – and Labour must offer it in the Holyrood elections.
The Pandemic of Global Inequality
As rich countries stockpile Covid vaccine doses and protect the interests of Big Pharma while poor countries are forced to wait years for treatments, it’s never been clearer how global injustice threatens all of our health.
19. Chaos at the Capitol: An Interview with Bhaskar Sunkara
In the latest episode of A World to Win, Grace speaks to Jacobin publisher Bhaskar Sunkara about the far-right mob which stormed the Capitol building this week – and what it all means for the future of the US Left.
The Student Mental Health Crisis
More than 50% of students are struggling with mental health problems since Covid, according to an NUS survey – but the failures that led to this point go beyond the pandemic to the corporate nature of our universities.
America’s Capitol Riots Could Come to Britain, Too
Trumpism is not an isolated phenomenon: right-wing radicalisation is happening across the world. In Britain, it has already led to a steep increase in domestic terrorism – and worse could be next, unless we fight it now.