A Transport Revolution Requires Public Ownership
This week, the government promised a 'revolution' on England's buses without committing to reverse privatisation – but the real revolution we need to see in our transport system is public ownership.
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France’s Alternative to Gentrification
This year's Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture, went to Lacaton and Vassal: French architects who rejected estate demolition and instead renovated public housing – keeping residents in place.
How Britain Was Complicit in Sri Lankan War Crimes
The Sri Lankan government's war on the Tamil community saw up to 70,000 civilians killed in 2009, but they weren't acting alone – Britain sold weapons to the regime even as the world read reports of slaughter.
William Morris: Why We Celebrate the Paris Commune
Pioneering socialist William Morris on the Paris Commune and its legacy as a "great tragedy which definitely and irrevocably elevated the cause of Socialism."
The Barricades of the Paris Commune
Barricades only played a part in the final week of the Paris Commune, but their imagery came to define the struggle – as the last line of defence for a revolutionary democratic experiment.
The Last Communard
Adrien Lejeune was the last Communard to pass away in 1942. His life became the subject of myth and legend – and a symbol of the Parisian workers who fought to establish a radical democracy in their city.
The Fire and Rehire Scandal on Greater Manchester’s Buses
In Manchester, bus drivers who were feted as 'key workers' only months ago have been told to accept worse conditions or face the sack – with the company even offering an effective bribe to force the deal through.
The Paris Commune at 150
150 years ago today, in the jaws of defeat in war, a revolutionary militia took over the city of Paris and began an experiment in democratic government – the Commune they built continues to inspire radicals today.
It’s Time to Back the BT Workers
After celebrating key workers during the pandemic, BT's management is pushing through redundancies and site closures – now is the time for the public to get behind the workers and their union.
100 Years After Britain’s First Contraception Clinic, the Struggle Still Isn’t Won
100 years ago today, the first contraception clinic in Britain opened its doors – but millions of pounds of sexual health cuts under austerity means that access to birth control is still a struggle that remains to be won.
Why Boris Loves the Bomb
Britain's existing nuclear arsenal has the capacity to kill hundreds of millions of people – but that isn't enough for Boris Johnson, and he's prepared to tear up the Non-Proliferation Treaty to prove it.
28. Public Health Colonialism: An Interview with Dr Eugene Richardson
As the anniversary of the WHO's declaration of a pandemic approaches, Grace speaks to Eugene Richardson, Harvard's Assistant Professor of Global Health, about how capitalism produces huge health inequalities – and what we can do about it.