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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.
This week has seen calls in the media for Royal Mail to attack its union – but the real problem with the company isn’t the workers, it’s the lack of ambition shown by its management.
By launching a coup against Richard Leonard in the midst of a major crisis and only months before an election, Scottish Labour’s old guard has shown just why the public sees them as utterly out of touch.
For many, the pandemic provided an opportunity to enjoy green spaces – but it also showed how unequal access to nature can be in Britain, from gardens to parks and the privatised countryside.
Next week will see a Trades Union Congress like no other. Amid a global pandemic and a wave of redundancies, the labour movement must adapt – or risk further historic decline.
A new report shows overwhelming public support for taxing wealth and tackling inequality – but suggests that the way we make the argument will be decisive in building a successful campaign.
Grace hosts a show paying tribute to leftist anthropologist David Graeber, who died this month.
A decade of swingeing cuts to the Health and Safety Executive’s budget left it unable to properly secure workplaces in normal times – now, its inspectors are tasked with protecting us from Covid-19.
Recent exhibitions of works by Derek Jarman, Barbara Hammer and Peter Hujar investigate queer utopias of the past – and ask whether they offer a roadmap to where we are going.
The eviction ban in England and Wales ends in two weeks. With thousands already in rent arrears, the Left has to be ready to fight for those who face losing their homes.
Julian Assange’s extradition case resumes on Monday in London. If it succeeds, and he is prosecuted in the United States for espionage, it will be a blow to any journalism which challenges the war machine.
A human rights case brought against key Franco-era politician Rodolfo Martín Villa in Argentina has united Spanish and European elites – in opposition to justice for fascism’s historic crimes.
From Notre Dame to St. Mark’s Basilica and even Westminster Abbey, many of the icons of Western architecture owe greatly to Islamic influence – a reality that has been denied for centuries.
92% of land in England is off-limits to the general public. A new book explores what we are missing through a series of illegal trespasses that make the case for the right to roam.
On this day in 1970, socialist leader Salvador Allende was elected president of Chile. His government unleashed a wave of hope that a more democratic society was possible — and worth fighting for.
Party infighting and political coups will lead Scottish Labour nowhere. It’s time for the party to unite around the progressive economic agenda that the people of Scotland desperately need.
From Covid-19 outbreaks to terrible working conditions, disastrous impacts on the planet and animal cruelty, industrial meat production reveals the destructive nature of modern capitalism.
The US stock market had its best August since 1984 – but it means little for the real economy. Stock markets today are casinos for the rich inflated by central bank policies and corporate monopolies.
Proposals to close five Citizens Advice Bureaux in the East End of Glasgow are an attack on working-class communities – and a sign of a council prepared to abandon their city’s most marginalised.
In 1982, anti-apartheid leader Ruth First was killed when a parcel bomb sent by South African police exploded in her office. Her comrade Ronnie Kasrils remembers her revolutionary life.
For decades, the distinction between work and leisure time has been fading away. We can’t afford a return to that old ‘normal’ – after Covid-19, we must fight for a future where workers control their lives.