This morning, Keir Starmer argued that Colston's statue was removed in the wrong way. But tearing it down and dumping it in the harbour which facilitated his slave fortune was not just right – it was poetic justice.
David Icke was once a laughing stock. The growing popularity of his reactionary conspiracism is a symptom of a society in decay.
In 2007, Tony Benn – who was an MP for Bristol for 20 years – gave a speech discussing the legacy of slavery, the fight which brought it down and the ideal of common humanity which powers progressive struggles.
'Smart cities' technologies have grown in popularity during the coronavirus crisis, and are now being touted as tools of economic recovery – but they will also deepen the power of surveillance over our lives.
Today's Tories are closer to the right-wing populist governments of Eastern Europe than the neoliberal mainstream. To defeat them, Labour has to avoid the mistakes that empowered those projects.
The Covid-19 crash will concentrate economic power in the hands of the state and major multinational corporations — the task for the Left is to fight for democratic alternatives.
A new primetime TV drama about Russia's Tatars under Stalinism, 'Zuleikha Opens her Eyes,' has divided audiences and the Tatar community itself.
In many parts of British society hearing a working-class accent is a shock – but in professional circles, it is often interpreted as a transgression that needs to be policed.
Twenty years ago today Tony Blair introduced a reform which promised to lead to widespread union recognition. Two decades on, it's clear that he led unions up the garden path.
The only path to recovery for Scottish Labour lies in respecting the right of the people to decide their constitutional future – but the party is determined to make the next ten years look the same as the last.
As an unpopular Labour establishment looks set to lose control of Sheffield City Council – the former 'People’s Republic of South Yorkshire' – it's clear that real change is needed to reverse the party’s decline.
Britain is in the midst of its worst housing crisis since the Second World War and, with the temporary ban on evictions almost over, Labour needs to be at the forefront of defending tenants, argues Momentum NCG candidate Laura McAlpine.