It’s Time to End Kettling
The practice of ‘kettling’ protestors has become increasingly popular with police in the past decade – but its widespread use is an attack on democratic rights, and has little to do with public safety.
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Remembering Anne Kerr, Labour’s Forgotten Firebrand
Anne Kerr spent just six years as an MP, but in that time made a name for herself as a powerful campaigner – and a rebel whose voice wouldn't be silenced.
No Return to Political Inertia
New Labour was marked by its failure to break with Thatcherite continuity. Today, in everything from politics to pop culture, that sense of stasis is making its return.
You Can’t Individualise Climate Crisis
The Tories justified austerity by saying we were all responsible for a crisis actually caused by elites. They’re doing the same with climate change – and we can’t fall for it.
59. A History of Everything: An Interview with David Wengrow
This week, Grace speaks to David Wengrow, author of 'The Dawn of Everything' along with the late David Graeber, about human history, human nature, and how to change the world.
The Northern Rail Betrayal
The government's decision to cut the promised Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 projects exposes the reality – the Tories don’t care about transport or the North.
How Workers Organised Aid During the Bosnian War
The activities of International Workers Aid during the 1993-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina proved the power of solidarity – and gave the Left a model of internationalism we can emulate today.
Len McCluskey: ‘Employers Will Exploit Weakness, Unions Have to Show Strength’
Decades of employer offensive have left workers and trade unions on the backfoot, but now they are developing new techniques to fight back in the workplace – and win.
Why Capitalism Loves Corruption
Liberals try to shrug off corruption as a bug in our system, but it's really a feature – one that's been core to capitalism from the very beginning.
The Night Tube Is Nothing Without Its Workers
Rail workers want the Night Tube back as much as any other London residents – but not at the expense of the safety and work-life balance agreed by management when the service first opened.
The Making of the Microflat
Everywhere you look, the housing market is producing smaller spaces for higher prices. According to the PR machine, this isn’t profiteering – it's the latest form of luxury.
Abolish the House of Lords
No democratic society should accept the principle that its parliament includes hereditary peers or lifetime appointees – it's time to abolish the House of Lords.