How Fossil Fuel Companies Have Exploited the Covid Pandemic
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.
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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
Britain’s Cold War in Latin America, Then and Now
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.
Covid-19 Has Exposed Britain’s Client Journalism Problem
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.
Neither the Government nor the Market Will Save the Culture Industry
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.
Rugby’s Class War
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.
Teachers Don’t Want to Close Schools – But the Government Has Left Them No Choice
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.
It’s Time for Labour to Back the NEU and Support School 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.
The Battle for Celtic’s Soul
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.
Care Workers vs. Covid
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.
Those We’ve Lost
2020 saw a number of leading lights of the international socialist movement pass away. From Belfast to Bolivia, Glasgow to Ghana, we remember a selection – and pay tribute to their lives in struggle.
Bolivia’s Resistance Shows the Way Forward for the Left in 2021
In 2020, Bolivia’s social movements were faced with a brutal right-wing coup regime. Instead of retreating, they rebuilt – and won the struggle for democracy against all odds.
2020: A Workers’ Perspective
As 2020 draws to a close, we hear from those at its frontlines: nurses, teachers, posties, binmen – the workers who’ve kept society going through Covid-19, despite the best efforts of the government.
Keep the Schools Closed
As Covid wreaks havoc on the NHS, the government’s plan to open schools this Monday is a serious risk to public health. School workers have a duty to push back – and we have a duty to support them.
2020: A View from the Left
2020 has been a difficult year for the socialist movement, with significant defeats in many countries – but the Left’s answers to the crises we face remain far more compelling than any offered by the Right or Centre.
How Corbyn-Style ‘Democratic Ownership’ Is Taking off in Denmark
This month’s Danish budget promised more state spending, but also to help workers take control of their workplaces. The democratic ownership agenda might be dying in Labour – but it lives on elsewhere.
10 Ways Corporations Have Exploited Covid-19
For many, 2020 has been a nightmare; for others, it’s been a moneymaker. Big corporate interests have profited from the pandemic – and screwed the workers who kept society running.
The Fight Facing Unions in 2021
2020 was a difficult year for trade unions – from mass redundancies to ‘fire and rehire’ schemes. But there were also seeds of worker militancy, and these provide hope for the struggles ahead in 2021.
A World to Win’s Top 5 Moments in 2020
As we head into 2021, Grace Blakeley reflects on the first months of A World to Win podcast – and remembers some of the show’s highlights along the way.
Covid-19 Has Exposed Our Broken Care System
The commodification and marketisation of care – and its unloading onto the underpaid and unpaid – has been brutally exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. In its wake, we need an entirely new system.
How Neoliberalism Made Britain Vulnerable to Covid
Neoliberalism has marketed itself on efficiency and pragmatism for almost fifty years, but Britain’s experience of Covid-19 has exposed those claims as false – at the cost of many thousands of lives.