Jenny Marx’s Life of Love and Revolution
This Valentine’s Day, we remember the revolutionary life of Jenny Marx – a socialist and feminist whose own activity, no less than her relationship with Karl, helped to shape the struggles of her time.
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Raven Hart
Raven Hart is co-founder of the Bristol Cooperative Alliance, an organisation that aims to promote a decentralised economy that empowers local communities and facilitates democratic self-determination.
Space Is the Place
Four new books show the emergence of a new tradition of London music writing, which swaps myth and hyperbole for the poetry found in harsh political realities.
The Real Third World
The ‘Third World’ was not always a pejorative term. Its origins lie in a revolutionary post-colonial project that aimed to find a path to development beyond the Cold War camps.
Vulture Funds Plan to Use the Pandemic to Pillage the Global Economy
Before the pandemic, private equity had amassed $2.5 trillion – more than the GDP of Italy – in ‘dry powder,’ waiting for distressed assets to plunder. Covid-19 provided them with the perfect opportunity.
How Austerity Destroyed Civil Law
The Tories’ attack on criminal Legal Aid is well known — but cuts to the civil system have equally serious consequences for those seeking justice against the government and Britain’s corporate elite.
The Forgotten Frontline
Along with healthcare staff, workers in industries like retail and delivery have been facing huge pressures and dangerous conditions for almost a year. Their contributions deserve wider recognition.
The Next NHS Sell-Off
The government’s White Paper on NHS reform is being heralded as a return to a truly public service — in reality, it would make privatisation easier than ever.
Britain’s Low-Pay Scandal
More than a million low-paid workers have regularly skipped meals during this pandemic, while thousands more miss heating and bills. There’s only one solution to Britain’s endemic poverty pay – a real living wage.
Shipping Containers Are Not Housing
Manchester’s developers and charities are proposing to house the homeless in shipping containers. The move is part of a trend of inhumanity disguised as stylish efficiency.
We Need a New Deal for Childcare
Before Covid-19, childcare was overpriced for families and underpaid for workers. With the pandemic forcing many providers to close, the sector needs a radical overhaul – to ensure quality care and decent conditions.
It’s Time to Outlaw Fire and Rehire
Across Britain, bosses are exploiting the pandemic to attack working conditions – with almost 1 in 10 workers asked to reapply for their jobs on worse terms. It is a national scandal and the government must act.
A Love Letter to Live Music
In the last year, the survival of the live music industry has been thrown into doubt. But gigs are worth fighting for — both as a livelihood for musicians, and as a collective creative experience.
The Fight for Myanmar’s Future
Myanmar’s coup has prompted a mass protest movement, but many involved understand the fight isn’t just Aung Sang Suu Kyi versus the military – it’s about building a real democracy.
24. The War on Disabled People: An Interview with Ellen Clifford
In this week’s episode, Grace is joined by activist and author Ellen Clifford to discuss the impact of successive governments’ human rights violations, a decade of austerity, and the pandemic on the lives of disabled people in Britain.
The Government Abandoned Disabled People Long Before Covid
A huge proportion of the UK’s Covid deaths have been disabled people — but devastating cuts to health services and local government funds put the community at risk years before the virus hit.
The Last Battle for Barnoldswick
This year’s successful Rolls Royce strike brought Barnoldswick back to the headlines – but in the mid-1980s it was the site of one of the longest strikes in British history.
The Art of Everyday Life
Critic and philosopher Herbert Read was a contradictory figure – an anarchist and a knight, a lover of medieval art and industrial design – but at the centre of his work was the belief that we can all be artists.
For Labour, the Scottish Leadership Election is Make-or-Break
Ballots open today for the Scottish leadership election. Anas Sarwar represents the failures of the Labour establishment — while Monica Lennon offers a roadmap to a democratic socialist future.
Labour Can’t Back Away from the Green New Deal
As the climate crisis worsens, Labour must be at the forefront of the fight for a radical Green New Deal – one that meets the challenge of our time by transitioning from carbon while empowering workers.
How Britain’s Scandalously Low Sick Pay Kills
Britain has one of the worst rates of sick pay in Europe at just £95.85 per week. It leaves workers with a stark choice – go in sick during a pandemic, or stay home and face poverty.