How Britain’s Spy Cops Targeted Grieving Families
From the 1970s to the 2000s, Britain's undercover police surveilled at least 20 families seeking justice for lost loved ones – including those who died at the hands of the police themselves.
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The ‘New Plan for Immigration’ Is Just the Latest Attack on Asylum Seekers
Consultation ends today on the Home Office's 'New Plan for Immigration' – a set of provisions that will make life for asylum seekers even harder, and further entrench the Hostile Environment.
Varvara Stepanova’s Socialist Fashion
In the years after the Revolution, Russian designers rethought style. Among them was constructivist Varvara Stepanova, who sought to take fashion out of the realm of luxury and make its radical power accessible to all.
So Long, Pablo Iglesias
Former Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias has retired from politics after last night’s election defeat – he was a pioneering figure on the European left, but couldn’t transcend the limits of Spain’s coalition government.
35. Amazonification: An Interview with Alex Press
On this week's episode, Grace speaks to Jacobin staff writer Alex Press about Amazon’s worker exploitation, its union busting, and its avoidance of basic regulation in its quest to become the 'everything store' – plus how workers are fighting back.
200 Years of The Guardian
The Guardian, which marks its bicentennial today, positions itself as an outsider – but in reality, it has spent the past two centuries playing an insider role as the conscience of British capitalism.
The Rich Drive Climate Change – By Owning the Means of Production
We know that the rich fuel climate change, but focusing on their private jets is a mistake – their real impact comes through owning the global economy and shaping it in the interests of private profit.
How Capitalism Is Driving Covid Disaster in the Global South
The devastating Covid-19 crisis in India reveals the tragic consequences of global inequality – and the only way to prevent further disasters is to challenge the power of Western states and big corporations.
Hollowing Out Glasgow
The likely closure of two of Glasgow's public libraries has become a point of contention in the Scottish Parliament election campaigns, as local communities fight to hold on to their spaces – bastions of the city's socialist history.
Militants in Marigolds: Documentaries that Chronicle Working-Class Women
When it comes to telling the story of the labour movement, women have too often been an after-thought – we take a look at five documentaries which buck the trend by putting Britain's working-class women to the fore.
On World Press Freedom Day, It’s Time to Free Julian Assange
Julian Assange has never been convicted of a crime, but remains incarcerated in a high-security prison for revealing the truth about wartime atrocities – the case makes a mockery of the idea of press freedom.
Second City Blues
Two new accounts of growing up and leaving Birmingham provide moving accounts of the snobbery and misunderstanding directed at England's second city by the country's social elite.