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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
Peter Mandelson intervened today to defend the conduct of the staff in the leaked Labour report. It should come as no surprise – his clique established the culture of contempt for party members that it reveals.
Many Labour members feel betrayed by the contents of the leaked report – but none moreso than its BAME supporters. Unless the party takes serious action, it risks losing many for good.
A recent survey of global executives found that more than a third were investing in automation in response to the coronavirus. If workers are going to weather this economic shock, they’ll need to get organised.
Britain’s trade union laws require designated agencies to process strike ballots in person – but coronavirus means they can’t. Workers’ rights shouldn’t be left up to chance: the laws need to be repealed.
Coronavirus has exposed capitalism as a fragile system incapable of meeting many people’s basic needs. But crises alone have never been enough for the Left – if we want an alternative, we’ll have to organise one.
Just before coronavirus, author Mark O’Connell wrote a book about the apocalypse – here he discusses billionaire bunkers, libertarian ‘preppers’ and why socialists need to have faith in people’s resilience at moments of crisis.
With millions of people now working from their homes, frantic bosses are buying high-tech surveillance software to track their workers’ every keystroke.
India’s Communist-run region of Kerala has received praise from the Washington Post and New York Times for its coronavirus response. Its secret? A government that puts the public interest before private profit.
Bernie Sanders’ campaign put working-class interests back on the political map. It brought communities together – and clarified friends and enemies. It won’t be forgotten in a hurry.
Yesterday’s OBR projections that Britain would rebound spectacularly from the coronavirus crisis are wildly optimistic – and will be used to advance the case for harsh spending cuts if they go unchallenged.
A former staffer on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership campaigns describes the hostility he faced when he went to work in Labour’s HQ – and says members need to act to prevent an unaccountable clique from taking control again.
Big Pharma is dependent on public research – but when a crisis like coronavirus comes around, it does everything it can to keep its products for a select few. It’s time to rethink how our medicines are produced.
The coronavirus recession will change the world, and we can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of 2008 – it’s time for a new economy that expands public wealth, empowers workers and is sustainable by design.
“Labour’s members – who dedicate their lives to campaigning for the party – will not tolerate staff on six-figure sums undermining their efforts from within.” A CLP chair calls for an investigation and decisive action.
This weekend’s revelations about the conduct of party staff in undermining the 2017 general election campaign and abusing elected representatives demand an immediate investigation, argue Jon Trickett and Ian Lavery.
In April 1920 a general strike demanding the release of prisoners rocked Ireland and brought the country to a standstill — one hundred years later, it remains the pinnacle of Irish labour history.
In April 1920 a general strike demanding the release of prisoners rocked Ireland and brought the country to a standstill – one hundred years later, it remains the pinnacle of Irish labour history.
On Easter Sunday, we remember Ireland’s 1916 Rising – and the role the working-class played in the revolutionary upheaval it initiated.
Tech giants see coronavirus as an opportunity to expand their powers of surveillance under the guise of supporting public health – but any new powers they accrue will likely become permanent.
If countries with high levels of poverty and weak health systems are forced to repay creditors in the midst of coronavirus, they will go under – the Global South needs a debt write-off and serious financial support.