Remembering Kevin Barry
On this day in 1920, Irish revolutionary Kevin Barry was hanged at just eighteen years of age. Immortalised in song, his execution became an international cause — and fanned the flames of rebellion.
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Organising Against Apartheid: Why Union Solidarity With Palestine Matters
When thousands of Palestinians are being massacred by weapons built in Britain, our labour movement must answer the call for solidarity from Palestinian workers: to end all complicity in Israel's war on Gaza.
Exposed: How Amazon Covers Up Worker Injuries
In an attempt to hide warehouse accidents from media investigations, Amazon workers allege the company is instructing injured workers not to phone 999 and to make their own way to the hospital.
Andy McDonald MP: Ceasefire Now
The violence being perpetrated by Israeli forces in Gaza is a grotesque crime against humanity — and one we must demand is stopped immediately, writes Labour MP Andy McDonald.
England’s Collapsing Local Government
As council after council declares bankruptcy, the media treats them as isolated scandals — but the reality is a system buckling under the weight of rising costs and funding cuts.
Public Transport Is a Disaster — But It Could Be a Panacea
Well-funded public transport is an obvious solution to climate change, the cost-of-living crisis, and crumbling infrastructure. The establishment is determined to make it a cash cow instead.
Labour’s Limited Ambition
By refusing to borrow or raise taxes, Labour is betting all its chips on growth to fund public spending — with no credible plan to stimulate it.
How Neoliberalism Broke Britain
If you want to understand why nothing in Britain works anymore, look no further than the free market economics that have put the country on a path to national decline.
‘History Is a Dangerous Subject for the Powerful’
Hakim Adi, Britain's first black History professor, has been made redundant and his groundbreaking course on the history of Africa has been axed. This is nothing short of an attack on black academia.
Spain Shows that the Centre-Left Can Govern Progressively
While Keir Starmer’s Labour Party veers ever further to the Right, Spain’s centre-left government took bold steps to tackle inflation — and was rewarded at the polls.
The Global Fight to Organise Amazon
Today, workers in over 30 countries are taking industrial action against Amazon. Jeff Bezos’ exploitative practices are global — but so is the struggle against them.