Monsters and Beautiful Souls
Hari Kunzru’s novel ‘Red Pill’ depicts the disquieting relationship between a bored liberal academic and a charismatic alt-right edgelord.
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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.
How Donald Trump Destroyed the Presidential Aura
For decades, the prestige of the US presidency disguised inequality at home and war abroad. With Donald Trump that esteem disappeared – and it’s unlikely to return anytime soon.
The Inequality Machine
From the rise of multinational corporations to the decline of trade unions, the modern economy has been built to deepen inequality at every turn – and the only way to change it is to empower workers.
How Football Fans Organised to Fight Hunger
Before Marcus Rashford’s free school meals campaign, football fans were bridging age-old rivalries to support foodbanks – and shame the government over its failure to tackle Britain’s hunger epidemic.
It’s Time to Challenge Finance’s Stranglehold on the British Economy
Successive governments have pledged to revive Britain’s manufacturing industry and its well-paying jobs – but these promises will always ring hollow without a willingness to challenge the City of London.
Remembering Kevin Barry
101 years ago today, Irish revolutionary Kevin Barry was hanged at just eighteen years of age. Immortalised in song, his execution became an international cause – and fanned the flames of rebellion.
Poland’s Historic Fight for Abortion Rights
This week Poland banned abortion after its government stacked the courts with right-wing ideologues. But they didn’t count on women fighting back – and now face a historic wave of protest.
Britain’s Black International Brigadier
To mark Black History Month, we remember the life of Charlie Hutchison – Britain’s only black international brigadier to Spain, a lifelong anti-fascist and one of the soldiers who liberated Bergen-Belsen in 1945.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Suspension Is About Crushing the Left
The Starmer leadership’s decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn is a baseless and transparent attack on the Left – Labour members must fight it, or everything Corbyn stood for will depart with him.
Why We Need a Creative New Deal
It’s time for a programme of investment that supports our culture industry and provides jobs for communities that have been held back – not just in our cities but in our towns and regions.
Remembering the Putney Debates
On this day in 1647, in the midst of civil war, the Putney Debates sought a new constitution for Britain – their arguments over the nature of freedom and democracy still resonate today.
11. Ending Thatcherism: An Interview with Zarah Sultana
On this week’s show, Grace Blakeley interviews Labour MP Zarah Sultana about the Tories’ attempts to impose the costs of the pandemic on those least able to bear it – and how the Left can fight back.
Trouble at the Mills
A failed campaign to save Solent Flour Mills, a monumental building in the port of Southampton, raises questions about how councils and campaigners can fight multinational capitalism in local spaces.
Hamburg’s Social Romantics
A new book explores the development of St. Pauli, a German football club whose fans responded to the decay of the 1980s and rise of the far-right on the terraces by adopting radical politics.
Ireland’s Latest Mother and Baby Home Cover-up
By sealing records of an inquiry into the Mother and Baby Homes scandal, Ireland’s political establishment has once again denied its abuse victims what they deserve: the whole truth.
The Global Fight to Ban the Bomb
Yesterday saw the 50th state ratify the UN’s Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The first legislation to outlaw nuclear weapons, it has global support – and fierce opposition from the world’s superpowers.
Child Poverty Is a Political Choice
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.
How Laid-Off Theatre Workers Are Tackling the Climate Crisis
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 Is Chile’s Chance to Bury Pinochet’s Legacy
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.
The Fascist Sympathies of Britain’s Aristocracy
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.