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.
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Rae Hart
Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
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.
Donald Trump Didn’t Just Promote Violence at Home
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.
Stop the British Gas Fire
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.
After Trump’s Putsch, It’s Time for the US Left to Mobilise
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.
How a Black Radical Helped to Build One of America’s Most Powerful Unions
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.
No Country for Young People
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.
The Government Has Failed Children Left Behind by the Digital Divide
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.
How the Super-Rich Hide Their Wealth
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.
Abandoning the NEU Shows Everything Wrong with Starmer’s Labour
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.
Len McCluskey: ‘Workers Can’t Wait – Without Support, Millions Face Poverty’
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.
To Survive Lockdown, We Need a Major Economic Support Package
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.
How Assange Beat Extradition
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.