In Defence of Adam Curtis
The new series by Adam Curtis has elicited eye-rolling among many on the left – but despite its critics, ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ is the BBC filmmaker’s most radical work in years.
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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.
The 2017 Memory Hole
Centrist commentators damn the Left based on 2019’s election defeat, but the result under Corbyn in 2017 was Labour’s best in recent memory – and provides a far more replicable model today than the Tony Blair era.
Red Rover: Remembering Allan Roberts MP
To mark LGBT History Month, we remember Allan Roberts – a pioneering gay Labour MP who shrugged off media slander about his personal life to become one of the most effective socialist politicians of his generation.
How the Diaspora in Britain Is Fighting for India’s Farmers
Britain’s government is staunchly refusing to comment on India’s farmer protests and Modi’s brutal crackdown – but British Asian communities are organising and speaking out in its place.
Today’s Uber Ruling Is a Victory for Workers
In a blow to gig economy profiteers, today’s Supreme Court ruling states that Uber drivers are entitled to minimum wage and paid holidays. It’s a victory for workers – and everyone who supports decent working conditions.
Israel’s Vaccine Apartheid
While Israel rolls out Covid vaccines at world-beating speed, Palestinians are forced to wait. This is not an aberration – but the reality of parallel worlds enforced by a decades-long occupation.
The Unbearable Lightness of Keir
Keir Starmer’s decision to abandon the transformative economic policies of the Corbyn era is not just disappointing for the Left – it leaves Labour completely unprepared for the social crises we face.
Capitalism Won’t Give Us the Development We Need
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals aim to drastically reduce poverty, gender inequality and environmental degradation in the next 10 years – but without challenging capitalism, it’s all just a pipe dream.
Starmer’s Speech Failed, Even On Its Own Terms
Keir Starmer’s speech today was an opportunity to present a bold alternative to growing inequality under the Tories – it failed spectacularly.
Napier Barracks is the Embodiment of the Right’s Scare Tactics
Britain’s ‘first modern-day refugee camp’ at Napier Barracks is under investigation after a fire – but the right-wing hate campaign against migrants means that punitive detention isn’t going away anytime soon.
The Radical Politics of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde is known today for his satirical wit, but he maintained a lifelong interest in political affairs – one which would lead him to Irish nationalism, women’s suffrage and the fight against capitalism.
The Left’s Book Clubs
At first, independent publishers were hit hard by the pandemic – but as spaces for education, catharsis and community, book clubs then became one of lockdown’s few success stories.
Chillin’ with Lenin
Tribune’s Owen Hatherley interviews Hjalmar Jorge Joffre-Eichorn about his edited collection ‘Lenin 150,’ and the many meanings of the Russian revolutionary in the present day.
25. Rigged: A Discussion of Ugandan Politics with Moses Khisa
On this week’s A World to Win, Grace is joined by academic Moses Khisa to discuss the recent elections in Uganda, the country’s slide towards authoritarianism and its failed efforts at neoliberal reforms.
10 Years Since the Egyptian Revolution
The fall of Hosni Mubarak a decade ago was a triumph for popular mobilisation, but also a lesson – even powerful protests like those in Tahrir Square can’t produce transformation without a clear political vision.
Why the Right-Wing Media Is Demonising Teachers
Since the beginning of Covid-19, teachers and their unions have been right about schools while the government was wrong. That’s why the right-wing press is trying to demonise them – and why we need to fight back.
How to Save the High Street
The terminal decline of Britain’s high streets is a consequence of towns built around consumption. We urgently need a new model based on community – one which puts public space before private profit.
How Democratic Decline Paved the Way for Neoliberalism
The neoliberal turn by centre-left parties wasn’t just a cynical betrayal or an economic necessity – it came after decades in which they grew increasingly distant from the people they aimed to represent.
The Diggers’ Green Roots
During the English Civil War, a band of radicals set out to make the world a common treasury. But the Diggers weren’t just pioneering socialists – they were forerunners of the environmental movement too.
Local Government’s Existential Crisis
Since 2010, the Tories have cut annual funding for local government by £15 billion – half of the total frontline budget. The result: mass closure of facilities, decay of our social infrastructure and a wave of council bankruptcies.