Mosley’s Shadow
Recent clampdowns on protest under Starmer and Sunak extend a long-running war on the Left waged by the British state. Meanwhile, far-right forms of extremism are scandalously deemed low-risk ‘cultural nationalism’.
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Only Sanctions Will Stop the Genocide
After nearly two years of genocide, Keir Starmer has floated the possibility of Palestinian statehood as a bargaining chip with an out-of-control Israeli state — but the only language Netanyahu’s government understands is crippling sanctions and global isolation.
Britain’s Urban Working-Class Invented Metal
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath were a product of post-war Britain’s industrial heartland. But today, for Birmingham, metal, and young working-class people, those conditions could not be further away.
To Still Speak of Freedom
Seventy years ago, the Congress of the People was broken up by apartheid police while discussing the Freedom Charter, a vision for a just society. The document remains a guide for building a free South Africa today, writes Mervyn Bennun, one of the meeting’s participants.
Whipping the Party Into Shape
Labour MP Rachael Maskell and her colleagues were stripped of the whip after voting against government plans to cut Personal Independence Payments. In response, she looks to the legacy of social reformers Joseph and Seebohm Rowntree.
Party Poetics
The new poetry collection by London writer Caleb Femi is a modern epic based on the institution of the ‘shoobs’ (or house party) and its under-explored experimental potential.
Extremely Hot Worker Summer
As Britain undergoes its third heatwave of 2025, and Labour’s partially welcome Employment Rights Bill nears legality, there has been a glaring lack of attention to worker safety in hot weather. The government needs to act now.
Into the Abyss
In the landscape of contemporary European politics, our rulers seem increasingly intent on walking us towards catastrophe — an ‘eyes wide shut’ approach that badly misremembers the cautionary tales of the twentieth century.
The Labour Suspensions Are Abnormal and Immoral
In suspending four MPs this week for 'persistent breaches of party discipline', the Labour government sank to new lows of incompetence and infirmity. In reality, the rebel MPs were guilty of nothing more than being too right, too soon.
Is Banning Left Protest the New Normal?
A few weeks before Palestine Action was proscribed in Britain, anti-fascist French organisation Jeune Garde suffered a similar fate at the hands of the Macron government. Is Europe’s extreme centre trying to eradicate left activism?
What Next for Palestine Action?
Since the government’s proscription of Palestine Action earlier this month, dozens of protestors have been arrested for expressing support for the group. Will their upcoming High Court case be a victory for genuine free speech or unbending authoritarianism?
The Curious Sci-Fi Beliefs of the AI Tech Elite
Big Tech’s dystopian ideas about the future highlight the fundamental pessimism behind their billion-dollar businesses and peculiar lifestyles. Tom Midlane spoke with Émile P. Torres about the shortsightedness of their increasingly influential outlook.