Jeremy Corbyn: Austerity Is Labour’s Choice
After 14 years of billionaires doubling their wealth, the political elite’s choice of starving pensioners and children shows austerity as a complete con job.
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The 1919 Race Riots Are a Warning From History
In 1919, a wave of race riots erupted across Britain following anti-immigrant incitement, including from leading labour movement figures — serving as a warning against the Left's failure to challenge far-right narratives.
Starmer Is Still Arming Genocide
Labour’s partial ban on arms sales to Israel still means British-made weapons are committing atrocities in Gaza — nothing short of a full arms embargo is acceptable.
From Kayseri to Hartlepool
For Britain's Turkish and Kurdish immigrants, last month's riots resembled the growing far-right movement in their home country, inspiring them to turn out in massive numbers on anti-fascist protests.
We Need a Real 4-Day Week
Labour's plan for workers to cram a full week's hours into just four days is not a four-day week. A real four-day week means 32 hours with no reduction in pay.
A Community Under Occupation
40 years ago this week, an army of riot police laid siege to the pit village of Easington to crush its defiant support for the miners' strike. Four decades on from Thatcher's assault, their community still bears the scars.
Three Salons at Thirty
First broadcast 30 years today, Phillipa Lowthorpe’s cult Blackpool documentary Three Salons at the Seaside is a piece of experimental filmmaking centred on working-class care and femininity.
Protect Pensioners, Not Profits
Energy companies are set to extract an extra £1.5 billion from the public this year, more than enough to restore Winter Fuel Payments. The choice is simple: protect corporate profits or keep pensioners warm this winter.
Labour’s Austerity Is a Choice
Despite what Keir Starmer claims, there's nothing inevitable about another round of harsh cuts — it is a deliberate decision to avoid confronting the powerful.
Eleanor Kasrils’ Great Escapes
A striking play about a young mother’s entry into the armed struggle against apartheid — and her refusal to accept defeat even under torture — will receive its British premiere next week in London.
New York State of Mind
In the 1960s, a new ideology held that cities were best developed organically and free from central planning. In his latest book, Owen Hatherley explores how these ideas shaped New York — and what they can teach a new generation of socialists.
‘We Are Not the Dirt We Clean’
A new protest archive documents the struggles of Latin American migrants in Britain, showing that the most exploited workers can display the most determination in opposing workplace injustice.