Rent reforms proposed by the government last week give tenants in England cause for some cautious optimism. But what's most important is that they could galvanise the fight for real rent controls and council housing, to truly bring this crisis to an end.
While the cost of living crisis forces families into food bank queues, a free school meal might be the only substantial food a child eats in a day – so their availability needs to be expanded urgently.
This week, Grace talks to Ali Milani, author of The Unlikely Candidate: What Losing an Election Taught Me About How to Change Politics. They discuss what it was like running against Boris Johnson in 2019, why there's such a lack of talent in the Labour Party, and advice for young activists.
Today's Windrush Day comes as government officials continue pushing through racist immigration laws and victims are still left waiting for compensation. They want us to believe the scandal is over – it isn't.
Birmingham's cinemas have a history as rich as that of the city itself, as the places both of dreams and of communal enjoyment at the heart of its working-class communities.
Rail workers are striking for the pay they deserve and a better transport system for all of us – it’s time the Labour Party got off the fence and supported them.
The establishment campaign to demonise striking rail workers and their trade union has one aim: to discourage other workers from following their example and fighting back.
Yesterday saw Colombia elect its first leftist president, Pacto Historico's Gustavo Petro, after decades of violence and injustice. It is a historic turning point for the country – and for Latin America's Left as a whole.
At St George’s Hospital in London, workers employed by outsourcing giant Mitie are striking for decent terms and conditions – and to be brought in-house on NHS contracts.
In yesterday’s legislative election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s NUPES coalition deprived Emmanuel Macron of his majority. Now, the fight begins to defeat his neoliberal agenda in the parliament.
The workers at the plant that bottles Georgia's famous mineral water are out on strike against a fire and rehire case – with resonances well beyond the Caucasus.
On this day in 1984, striking miners were attacked by a paramilitary police operation at Orgreave. They faced no accountability – and almost four decades later, little has changed.