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Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
Last month, Donald Trump pardoned war criminals convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians. It’s a reminder that violence is not the exception for politics in the West, but the norm – and is usually directed at the world’s poorest people.
Today, GMB members at British Gas begin five days of action in response to their employer’s threat to ‘fire and rehire’ thousands of workers on worse pay and conditions. It’s the biggest gas strike since the 1970s.
Yesterday’s violence in Washington D.C. was a warning about the empowerment of the far-right under Donald Trump – to prevent more serious threats to democracy in the future, the US Left needs to mobilise now.
Ben Fletcher is not a household name today, but in the early 20th century he helped to break down racial barriers in America’s labour movement – and build an IWW that threatened to overthrow the ruling class.
New research shows that two in three youth centres are on the verge of closure. With youth unemployment also skyrocketing, Britain’s government is failing young people – and the consequences are likely to be severe.
Nearly ten months into the pandemic, the government has failed to bridge the digital divide – leaving 1.78 million schoolchildren without proper means to learn from home. It is a scandal that could have been avoided.
A new study shows that the top 1% in Britain are £800 billion richer than previously believed. It’s not an accident – the super-rich regularly conceal their wealth, meaning inequality is much worse than we think.
When teachers called for schools to close in the interests of public health, Labour should have backed them. Instead, Starmer and the frontbench ignored trade unions – and got the issue dead wrong.
With poverty and unemployment skyrocketing before lockdown, the government must act urgently to avoid a disaster – and support millions of workers who are already on the breadline.
From digital access for schoolchildren to liveable sick pay, a minimum wage floor for furlough and a rent freeze, millions of people need support to survive the new lockdown – and they can’t wait for more delays.
Yesterday was a victory for all those who campaigned for Julian Assange’s release – and it couldn’t have been achieved without a campaign of public pressure. Now the same is needed to free him from Belmarsh prison.
While lockdown puts climate movements on hold, oil and gas lobbyists have increased their access to public subsidies and placed themselves at the centre of economic recovery plans.
Despite styling itself as a bastion of international fairness, newly declassified documents reveal Britain’s involvement in abuses and coups across Latin America – an involvement which continues today.
Tory governments and the right-wing press have worked closely for decades, but the pandemic has brought public faith in the media to a new low — just as trust becomes more important than ever.
As the government treats the cultural industries – and cultural workers – with contempt, community-led initiatives may be the only way for cultural spaces to survive after the Covid-19 pandemic.
125 years ago, rugby league was formed in a split with rugby union. The dividing lines were based on class – and shaped both codes for decades to come.
Since the beginning of the Covid crisis teachers have been demanding measures to make schools safe. By failing to act, the government has left school workers with no alternative but to campaign for closures.
An open letter to Labour leader Keir Starmer from MPs, trade unionists and campaigners calls for the party to support the National Education Union’s demand to close schools in the interests of public health.
Celtic is renowned for its radical roots, but recent months have seen a struggle between fans and owners over its future direction. It’s another of modern football’s battles between communities and corporations.
The government has failed frontline workers from the beginning of the pandemic – but in the North West, thousands of care workers organised to fight back, join a union and win liveable sick pay.