The NHS Was Always Radical
Aneurin Bevan left this magazine for the Ministry of Health with a mission: to build an oasis of socialist principles within British capitalism.
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Palestine Solidarity Is Not a Crime
Today, MPs will vote on a government bill to ban boycotts of Israel – authoritarian legislation that uses opposing anti-semitism as cover to attack Palestine solidarity and remove our political freedoms.
Jeremy Corbyn: LGBT Rights Are Refugee Rights – Let’s Stand Up for Both
The government's latest attack on refugees would criminalise people fleeing persecution because of their sexuality or gender identity. Discrimination knows no borders – and neither should our solidarity.
Striking Against the Housing Crisis
Croydon Council plans huge cuts to its Housing Advice and Homelessness Department in the middle of a housing crisis. In response, staff have gone on strike to protect their jobs – and save a vital public service.
Labour’s Haringey Stitch-Up
Labour suspended its own rules to bar popular socialist candidates from standing in yesterday's election in Haringey. Members of its Local Campaign Forum explain why they have resigned following this latest attack on democracy.
Tish Murtha’s Art of the Excluded
A new film celebrates photographer Tish Murtha, who intimately captured life on the margins during Thatcherism’s rise – and demonstrated art’s potential to undermine the powerful.
The Fight for Justice in Brazil is International
Lula’s demands for climate action and diplomacy over war have provoked reactionaries at home and ruffled feathers in the West. These ominous attacks are a warning of the dangers if progressives fail to back him.
Remembering Stonewall
The Stonewall riots began on this day in 1969. The gay liberation movement they created shows how radical politics can change the world.
The Fight for the Future of Higher Education
After years of pay cuts, pension attacks and precarity, university staff have escalated their industrial action with a marking and assessment boycott. But management refuses to listen, deducting staff pay and jeopardising student graduations instead.
Making Workers Pay for the Cost of Living Crisis
The Bank of England’s decision to hike interest rates is part of a plan to make workers pay for the cost of living crisis by driving up unemployment and driving down wages.
Ireland’s Neutrality Stitch-Up
A city councillor who was expelled from Ireland’s forum on neutrality explains how the format was skewed to pro-war views – and why a citizens’ assembly should be held in its place.
Sunak vs Starmer Is a Return to the Broken Status Quo
The political demise of Johnson, Corbyn and Sturgeon represents the restoration of the British establishment after years of populist challenge – but the crises that created them are as urgent as ever.