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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
Child poverty in working households rose by 800,000 since 2010 – with over 60% directly attributable to government policies. The free school meals vote is just the latest chapter in a Tory war on Britain’s children.
A new project in Manchester helps laid-off theatre workers use their skills to retrofit homes to make them carbon neutral. It’s the latest example of communities stepping up where the government has failed.
Today’s referendum in Chile provides the opportunity to scrap the right-wing constitution introduced by the Pinochet regime – and rebuild the country on a truly democratic basis.
While the people of Britain fought the Nazis in the Second World War, much of their ruling elite was sympathetic to fascism – seeing it as an alternative to democracy and socialism.
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias on the Spanish government’s response to Covid-19, the right-wing campaign of ‘lawfare’ against his party – and why building a republic remains the goal of the country’s Left.
Communities are not made safe by a stop and search system which disproportionately targets BAME people – it’s time to reform police powers and tackle institutional racism.
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on how the arts shaped his worldview, why it shouldn’t become a preserve of the rich – and the need to support culture workers fighting the crisis in their industry.
This week Grace is joined by Raquel Rolnik – a minister under Lula in Brazil and former UN Special Rapporteur – to discuss the right to housing and the global tenants’ movement.
Earlier this week, a massacre in Lagos brought worldwide attention to Nigeria’s End SARS movement – a campaign against police brutality and the corrupt political establishment that facilitates it.
The deep inequalities of Kensington and Chelsea provided the backdrop to the Grenfell fire, relegating residents to second-class citizens. More than three years later they have only got worse.
The government intends to wage a sustained attack on human rights in the coming years – and the Spy Cops Bill shows that we can’t rely on Labour’s leadership to fight back. It’s time to build grassroots resistance.
The poorest areas of England have suffered twice as many Covid-19 deaths as the richest – now, they are denied proper funding to survive the winter. It’s time to fight back against a government that is entrenching inequality.
The most deprived parts of England – and those which suffered most from a decade of austerity – are at the frontlines of lockdown. The Tories’ refusal to support them is a disgrace.
Financial support is vital for millions this winter, but Greater Manchester’s standoff asks deeper questions about the legitimacy of a government which is bullying and lying its way through the Covid-19 crisis.
By using his platform to challenge the Tories’ woeful response to Covid-19, Andy Burnham has demonstrated what a combative opposition might look like – now it’s time to say what it should fight for.
In Lancaster University, self-isolating students who couldn’t get deliveries were asked to pay extortionate rates for food boxes – so socialist organisers stepped in to provide food for free.
As the Covid-19 pandemic proved, the government could end homelessness if it wanted. This winter thousands of people will sleep rough in Britain – and that is by political choice.
When young people are protesting for social justice, standing up to rip-off bosses or striking against landlords, I want them to know that Young Labour will be on their side.
The crisis our generation faces is too great for half measures – we need to build a London Young Labour that supports grassroots activism and fights for a socialist future.
The Tory government’s decision to scrap the Union Learning Fund – which has helped millions of workers engage in lifelong learning – reveals a deep contempt for working people and their life aspirations.