The Six-Month Revolution of ‘7 Days’
50 years ago this autumn, a socialist weekly newspaper called ‘7 Days’ appeared on British newsstands. It lasted less than a year – but its brief revolutionary spark still holds lessons for the Left today.
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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.
Grenfell Justice on Stage
Next year will mark the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, which led to the deaths of 72 people. A new play explores the aftermath of the tragedy – and the impunity of those responsible.
Portugal’s Home Working Laws Are a Model for the Post-Pandemic World
In Portugal, new legislation is offering workers additional rights in the ‘work from home’ world – banning out-of-hours contact, outlawing surveillance and forcing employers to pick up the tab for expenses.
The Wage Theft Epidemic
In 2019, wage theft in Britain amounted to an estimated £35 billion. But unlike other forms of theft, it’s hardly ever prosecuted – because it’s a crime committed by bosses against workers.
Care Before Profit
As the pandemic exposed the crisis in Britain’s care system, trade unionists and socialist politicians in the North West are uniting to bring social care into municipal ownership, raise wages, and unionise the sector.
It’s Time to End Kettling
The practice of ‘kettling’ protestors has become increasingly popular with police in the past decade – but its widespread use is an attack on democratic rights, and has little to do with public safety.
Remembering Anne Kerr, Labour’s Forgotten Firebrand
Anne Kerr spent just six years as an MP, but in that time made a name for herself as a powerful campaigner – and a rebel whose voice wouldn’t be silenced.
No Return to Political Inertia
New Labour was marked by its failure to break with Thatcherite continuity. Today, in everything from politics to pop culture, that sense of stasis is making its return.
You Can’t Individualise Climate Crisis
The Tories justified austerity by saying we were all responsible for a crisis actually caused by elites. They’re doing the same with climate change – and we can’t fall for it.
59. A History of Everything: An Interview with David Wengrow
This week, Grace speaks to David Wengrow, author of ‘The Dawn of Everything’ along with the late David Graeber, about human history, human nature, and how to change the world.
The Northern Rail Betrayal
The government’s decision to cut the promised Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 projects exposes the reality – the Tories don’t care about transport or the North.
How Workers Organised Aid During the Bosnian War
The activities of International Workers Aid during the 1993-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina proved the power of solidarity – and gave the Left a model of internationalism we can emulate today.
Len McCluskey: ‘Employers Will Exploit Weakness, Unions Have to Show Strength’
Decades of employer offensive have left workers and trade unions on the backfoot, but now they are developing new techniques to fight back in the workplace – and win.
Why Capitalism Loves Corruption
Liberals try to shrug off corruption as a bug in our system, but it’s really a feature – one that’s been core to capitalism from the very beginning.
The Night Tube Is Nothing Without Its Workers
Rail workers want the Night Tube back as much as any other London residents – but not at the expense of the safety and work-life balance agreed by management when the service first opened.
The Making of the Microflat
Everywhere you look, the housing market is producing smaller spaces for higher prices. According to the PR machine, this isn’t profiteering – it’s the latest form of luxury.
Abolish the House of Lords
No democratic society should accept the principle that its parliament includes hereditary peers or lifetime appointees – it’s time to abolish the House of Lords.
Why Students Should Support the University Strikes
Divide-and-rule tactics by politicians and management can’t hide the obvious truth – when university staff are overworked and underpaid, their students suffer too.
How Glasgow’s Grassroots Put COP26 to Shame
While world leaders dithered over a toothless declaration at COP26, workers in Glasgow were fighting for a better future – a reminder that real change comes from below.
You Can’t Save the World Without the Working Class
While global elites focus on the role corporations and politicians can play in fighting climate change, there’s only one force capable of building the just transition needed to avoid disaster: the working class.