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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.
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.
Over the past decade Tory governments have used voluntary work as cover for their cutbacks. We can’t let them do it again now – it’s time to properly fund public services.
The liberal establishment has spent years proclaiming its internationalism over Brexit – but when it comes to helping the Global South at a time of crisis they are silent.
Unless debt relief is offered to the countries of the Global South, they will be plunged into economic chaos by the coronavirus crisis – exposing the reality of a world economic system built to suit the West.
At last night’s Eurogroup meeting, southern states asked for solidarity in the midst of a horrific pandemic and had the door slammed in their faces. The long-term consequences for the EU could be profound.
A decade of austerity shredded public services and left millions of workers on the brink. It would be hard to imagine a policy more destructive to our capacity to respond to the coronavirus crisis.
The coronavirus crisis has revealed that many of the workers the government calls ‘unskilled’ are essential to our society – and deserve not only more respect, but better pay and conditions.
Yesterday’s loss for Bernie Sanders was a tough pill to swallow. But could it have been avoided? And where does the US Left go next? We discussed the campaign and its aftermath with talkshow host Michael Brooks.