
How Capitalism Kills Romance
Relationship problems are usually considered private ones – but from financial stress to overwork, the pressures caused by capitalism can upend our romantic lives too.
Relationship problems are usually considered private ones – but from financial stress to overwork, the pressures caused by capitalism can upend our romantic lives too.
Insecurity is no longer confined the gig economy. In sector after sector, practices associated with companies like Uber are becoming the norm – and workers are the ones losing out.
For decades, attacks on trade unions have decimated workers’ rights in Britain. The P&O scandal is the result – and it could be your job next.
My fight for re-election will be tough. The establishment doesn't want socialists in parliament – and it's only through a people-powered campaign that I can win.
During austerity and Covid, workers were told they had to sacrifice for the good of the economy while the rich got richer – don’t let the ruling class fool you again.
William and Kate's visit to Jamaica was designed to strengthen the monarchy's links to the Caribbean – instead, Jamaicans are demanding apologies for colonial crimes and campaigning to make the country a republic.
Last year, millions of people across Britain faced food poverty as queues at food banks reached record levels. The cost of living crisis will see those numbers grow – and the Chancellor's failure to intervene is a national disgrace.
Britain's co-operative and 'social enterprise' sector has the potential to be a real alternative to neoliberalism – but today, it is often captured within the same free market dogma it might replace.
Today, Rishi Sunak had a chance to tackle the cost of living crisis. Instead, he has left the average family around £1,000 worse off than last year – the biggest fall in living standards since records began.
While energy bills skyrocket by £700 for the average household, oil giants are making billions of pounds in profits. The solution is clear: tax the corporate profiteers and cut bills for the rest of us.
This week, Grace and Alfie Stirling, Chief Economist of the New Economics Foundation, look ahead to the Chancellor's spring statement – which looks set to contain very few of the measures needed to tackle the cost of living crisis.
Today, billionaire Chancellor Rishi Sunak will tell us he 'understands' the plight of millions facing a cost of living crisis. If he truly wanted, he could avert the coming wave of poverty and hardship – here's how.