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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.
The Tories’ decision to exclude trans people from a conversion therapy ban is a cynical attempt to divide the LGBT+ community and fan the flames of media frenzy – once again, it will be marginalised communities that suffer the fallout.
Football in the ’70s saw vicious racism on the terraces and a creeping commercialism in the game. But it was also a time when most players weren’t millionaires, and many footballing giants knew the meaning of solidarity.
Non-dom status is a scam designed to help the elite to amass obscene wealth. By overseeing a tax system riddled with loopholes, Rishi Sunak isn’t just helping his wife – he’s helping his class.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s victory in yesterday’s recall referendum confirms his status as one of the world’s most popular left-wing leaders — and strengthens his mission to remake Mexican politics.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon narrowly failed to make the run-off in France’s presidential election. But there are signs that the French left can come back stronger – and avoid the collapse of its British counterpart.
The National Grid is being bought and sold for profit, driving up bills and damaging the climate – it’s time to bring it back into public ownership.
In today’s presidential election, France has a choice between neoliberalism, neofascism and a socialist programme which can address the causes of both.
Keir Starmer’s refusal to recognise Amnesty International’s findings about Israeli apartheid isn’t just a betrayal of Palestinians – it shows that his appreciation for human rights extends only as far as it benefits his career.
Tomorrow, renters’ union ACORN will hold rallies across the country to pressure MPs to adopt the Renters Reform Coalition blueprint – a charter aimed at empowering tenants and reining in rogue landlords.
This week, Blaise Compaoré was jailed for his role in the murder of Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara –but real justice can only be won by a movement that fights to bring Sankara’s socialist vision back to life.
This week’s energy strategy was an opportunity for urgent action to tackle the climate and cost of living crises – the government failed on both fronts.
The cost of living crisis is causing the biggest fall in living standards in decades – and the only way to turn the tide is to fight for wage increases across the economy.
In East Germany, there was a library in every factory, a spy watching every writer, and a state-sponsored poetry-writing group for secret policemen.
The monarchy isn’t just an anachronism or a circus – it’s one of Britain’s most powerful businesses which uses its influence to shore up its own wealth.
After taxpayers were scammed out of tens of millions of pounds, the train company responsible has just been rewarded with a lucrative new contract – definitive proof that the rail privatisation racket must end.
Hungary’s united opposition abandoned class politics, resulting in a landslide victory for Viktor Orbán – a lesson that standing against the far right without an alternative is not enough.
On this week’s podcast, Grace talks to Sumi Rabindrakumar of the Trussell Trust about the roots of the cost of living crisis, who’s being worst hit, and what could be done to tackle it.
Landlords raised rents by the highest percentage ever in 2021. More than 1,200 people died while homeless in the same year. It’s time for tenants to organise – and take back housing from the profiteers.
As NATO powers declare unwavering support for Ukrainian self-determination, they are quietly abandoning the people of Western Sahara to Morocco’s brutal military occupation.
For years, our political class has treated housing as a moneymaking vehicle at the expense of providing decent homes. New polling shows even homeowners think it’s time for that to change.