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.
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Miriam Pensack
Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
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.
Britain’s Child Poverty Scandal
Theresa May leaves office with millions of children in poverty and unable to get enough food to eat. It is a disgraceful legacy that deserves no sympathy.
Tackling Disadvantage in Education
If we’re serious about opening up access to higher education, we need to stop ignoring the large proportion of the population who do not finish school.
A New Dawn in Dorset
Last night, the Tories lost control of one of their heartland councils in Bournemouth. It’s the latest in a series of defeats for the Conservatives in areas that have been blue for generations.
Nationalise British Steel
A former Scunthorpe steelworker explains why the industry matters, how it was let down by successive governments – and the case for nationalisation.
Don’t Send More Homophobic Voices to Europe
At a time when anti-LGBT movements are growing across Europe, handing a victory to Brexit Party MEPs with terrible records on gay rights would be a tragic mistake.
You Cannot Even Imagine Us
Pavel Arseniev’s poems of solidarity and alienation illuminate the often-bleak realities of contemporary Russia.
The Struggle to Save Croatia’s Anti-Fascist Monuments
Thousands of monuments dedicated to anti-fascist partisans and victims of Croatia’s World War II Ustaše regime have been vandalised or demolished since the 1990s – but now activists are determined to halt the destruction.
It’s Time to Shorten the Working Week
Faced with a deep economic and ecological crisis, we need to build a movement to cut working hours without reducing pay.
Dialectics in 69
The theatre collectives of the late 1960s tried to harness political turmoil to create an image of utopia, complete with its dark side.
The Modern World is More Complicated Than This
Change UK’s calamitous performance of recent weeks isn’t simply down to incompetence. It reflects the profound lack of insight and ambition that plagues Britain’s political centre.
Australian Labor’s Miliband Moment
After losing what many believed was an unloseable election, Australia’s Labor Party is learning what Britain’s did in 2015: it’s hard to build enthusiasm for compromise and moderation.
The Socialism of T. Dan Smith
Often derided as a symbol of corruption, T. Dan Smith’s vision of a modern, socialist ‘Brasilia of the North’ transformed Newcastle and deserves to be remembered.
Hull’s Ships in the Sky
Hull’s Co-Operative murals are icons of public art. But now, like so many others in recent years, they are threatened with removal.
Close the Detention Centres
Britain criminalises thousands of migrants each year, sending them to detention centres where lives of dignity are impossible. The Labour Party should close those centres for good.
What a Corbyn Government Would Mean
A Corbyn-led Labour government would be the biggest opportunity to reset Britain’s economy in a generation. But are we ready for it?