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The New Property Feudalism

After being taught that education and work was the path to ‘getting on’, millennials have learnt the hard way that the vast wealth being inherited by the children of property-owning parents is far more important than any idea of social mobility.

Cold Homes Kill

Energy companies and slum landlords are banking hundreds of billions while hospitals fill up with people made sick by cold, mouldy homes — a public health crisis caused by total greed.

A Victory for the Miners

Successive governments denied former miners their full pensions, condemning thousands to further hardship after the decimation of their communities. Now, at last, Labour is correcting this historic injustice.

Going Back to Class

The Workers’ Party of Belgium is defying the trend of leftist movements losing touch with the working class by using community organising to build a Marxist party with mass appeal.

Exhibiting Emo!

A new fan-produced Barbican exhibition showcases the dramatic mid-2000s emo subculture. But does its focus narrow, rather than illuminate, a still ongoing cultural phenomenon?