Lenin at Leisure
A vivid, rediscovered anthology — compiled and introduced by Tamara Deutscher — assembles a surprising portrait of the Soviet revolutionary built from letters, memoirs, and fragments.
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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.
Pedro Lemebel’s Last Supper
As Chile emerged from Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship, the stylish and challenging work of poet Pedro Lemebel gave caustic expression to the lives of gender-diverse people, the HIV/AIDS crisis, the Chilean left, and the country’s post-1990 fate.
Macron’s Liberal Coup
In a desperate attempt to cling on to power, Macron is blocking the French left from government. If this assault on democratic principle is not defeated, it will all but ensure the far-right’s victory in the next election.
Edna O’Brien’s Fight Against the Censors
After her books faced bans for their unashamed portrayals of women’s lives and aspirations, Edna O’Brien — who has died aged 93 — became a powerful voice against censorship that haunted the supporters of Ireland’s broken system.
The Last Workers’ Castle
The TUC’s decision to sell its iconic Congress House — a modernist monument to the strength of workers — is a sad example of today’s labour movement increasingly losing its sense of purpose.
Breaking Britain All Over Again
Rachel Reeves’ plans to slash public spending and investment on the basis that Britain is ‘broke’ is a rehash of the exact rhetoric that gave us 14 years of Tory austerity.
Universities on Life Support
Without emergency funding, British universities are at a real risk of collapse — something that could lead to thousands of job losses and local economies in crisis. The government can’t let this happen.
Appeasing Murdoch Is Never Good News
The Labour Party reportedly agreed not to introduce media reforms in exchange for Rupert Murdoch’s backing — ensuring that the corrosive role that media elites play in our country will continue with impunity under a Starmer government.
Union Leaders Demand Starmer Reinstates Suspended MPs
EXCLUSIVE: Ten trade union general secretaries have written to Keir Starmer to demand the scrapping of the two-child limit and the ‘immediate reinstatement’ of the seven MPs suspended for voting against Britain’s biggest driver of child poverty.
Labour Versus International Law
The ICJ ruling finding Israel’s occupation unlawful makes the first test for David Lammy’s ‘progressive realism’ clear: either Labour opposes dispossession and genocide, or it is complicit.
Control Freakery Won’t Feed Kids
Keir Starmer’s decision to suspend MPs opposing child poverty exposes not only his authoritarian instincts but his fear of discussion over arguments he knows he cannot win.
The Years of Trying
Two recent books exploring the post-crash ‘mass protest decade’ and the Left’s ‘populist moment’ present a vital — but sobering — assessment of the Left’s consistent failures and potential prospects.
Another Eno World
A new documentary uses AI and innovative generative technology to profile the 76-year-old British musician and producer. Is its pioneering software a gateway or a gimmick?
The Dunnes Stores Strike Was a Lesson in Solidarity
40 years ago today, 11 Dublin supermarket workers walked out on strike to refuse the selling of South African fruit — an act of defiance that would make Ireland the first Western nation to ban apartheid goods.
Modernism’s Tropical Turn
Modernist architecture in India and colonial West Africa may have been introduced by jobbing English architects, but new generations of local architects quickly made the style their own. A new exhibition at the V&A tells the story.
The Student Encampments Were Only the Start
The student encampments won against hostile politicians, media and university management — demonstrating the power of grassroots campaigns to disrupt Israel’s war machine.
The Bonfire of Structures
Labour’s plans to deregulate planning processes will further open up Britain to the property developers who have already caused so much damage to the country — and do little to help those at the sharp end of the housing crisis.
The Urgency of Anti-Racist Activism
The rise of the far-right and their appeasement by our political class has frightening implications for Black people in Britain. It’s time to redouble our commitment to the anti-racist struggle, write Black Lives Matter UK.
Amazon Workers Are Beating the Union Busters
Amazon workers in Coventry are on the brink of historic union recognition for the first time in British history. Despite the retail giant ramping up union busting, unionisation is closer than ever before.
To Rebuild Britain, Tax the Rich.
Labour’s claim that there is no money left will condemn Britain to more austerity while letting billionaires, landlords, and corporations off the hook. The alternative is simple: tax the wealthy instead.