Baggins of Downing Street
In delivering his toxic ‘Island of Strangers’ speech on immigration earlier this week, Keir Starmer aligned with a bizarre conservative tendency inspired in equal measure by Enoch Powell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Landlords Never Really Die
Since its publication last year, Nick Bano’s book 'Against Landlords' has generated much debate about the housing crisis — and laid the ground for a new trend in left publishing.
Britain Must Stop Arms to Israel Now
As a High Court case seeking to block sale of British munitions used by Israel in Gaza begins, one of the campaigners involved — former UN Assistant Secretary-General Andrew Gilmour — argues that Britain’s role in the process must end immediately.
Israeli Settlers are Erasing the West Bank
Louis Theroux’s recent documentary about settler violence in the West Bank drew attention to the plight of the region — but in the Hebron Hills, where Palestinians and Jewish activists face settler devastation, the reality is even more shocking.
The Forgotten Feminism of Amber Films
The subversive and sensitive output of the North East feminist film collective sought to document glamour and grace in working-class life. So why is their work absent from conventional histories?
VE Day at 80: Antifascism is Ours
As we mark the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazism in Europe, the radical antifascist legacy of the Second World War is in danger of being forgotten. For the sake of survival, we can’t let that happen.
A Murky Clarity
Politicians' pronouncements that last month's Supreme Court judgement 'clarifies' sex and gender feeds into a wider right-wing narrative that the Left is in denial about the truth of human nature — and that hostility to minorities is the only way to deal with reality.
Not Just Where, But How We Live
In the year of the Renters’ Rights Bill, how should the tenants movement respond to changing ideas around how the current housing crisis is exacerbated by patriarchal and capitalist notions?
Finding Solace in Organising
In January, workers at Tower Hamlets' primary independent domestic violence service were threatened with redundancies. By unionising, they not only saved their jobs — they also defended the survivors who rely on their support.
Reform Rising: On the Labour Collapse in Durham
Reform’s devastating electoral success in places like County Durham this week shows that British politics is approaching a tipping point – will Labour respond with watered-down jingoism, or rediscover its soul?
Kneecap: Artists Say No to Censorship
As the British authorities attempt to persecute Kneecap this week, over 100 artists and musicians sign an open letter to 'register opposition to any political repression of artistic freedom'.
Britain and the Making of Hồ Chí Minh
Britain's history in Vietnam has been one of collusion with French colonialism and US war crimes. But there is another story of workers protesting, raising medical funds and flying the flag of the Viet Cong.