Lenin at Leisure
A vivid, rediscovered anthology — compiled and introduced by Tamara Deutscher — assembles a surprising portrait of the Soviet revolutionary built from letters, memoirs, and fragments.
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Pedro Lemebel’s Last Supper
As Chile emerged from Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship, the stylish and challenging work of poet Pedro Lemebel gave caustic expression to the lives of gender-diverse people, the HIV/AIDS crisis, the Chilean left, and the country’s post-1990 fate.
Macron’s Liberal Coup
In a desperate attempt to cling on to power, Macron is blocking the French left from government. If this assault on democratic principle is not defeated, it will all but ensure the far-right's victory in the next election.
Edna O’Brien’s Fight Against the Censors
After her books faced bans for their unashamed portrayals of women’s lives and aspirations, Edna O’Brien — who has died aged 93 — became a powerful voice against censorship that haunted the supporters of Ireland’s broken system.
The Last Workers’ Castle
The TUC’s decision to sell its iconic Congress House — a modernist monument to the strength of workers — is a sad example of today’s labour movement increasingly losing its sense of purpose.
Breaking Britain All Over Again
Rachel Reeves' plans to slash public spending and investment on the basis that Britain is ‘broke’ is a rehash of the exact rhetoric that gave us 14 years of Tory austerity.
Universities on Life Support
Without emergency funding, British universities are at a real risk of collapse — something that could lead to thousands of job losses and local economies in crisis. The government can't let this happen.
Appeasing Murdoch Is Never Good News
The Labour Party reportedly agreed not to introduce media reforms in exchange for Rupert Murdoch’s backing — ensuring that the corrosive role that media elites play in our country will continue with impunity under a Starmer government.
Union Leaders Demand Starmer Reinstates Suspended MPs
EXCLUSIVE: Ten trade union general secretaries have written to Keir Starmer to demand the scrapping of the two-child limit and the 'immediate reinstatement' of the seven MPs suspended for voting against Britain's biggest driver of child poverty.
Labour Versus International Law
The ICJ ruling finding Israel's occupation unlawful makes the first test for David Lammy's 'progressive realism' clear: either Labour opposes dispossession and genocide, or it is complicit.
Control Freakery Won’t Feed Kids
Keir Starmer's decision to suspend MPs opposing child poverty exposes not only his authoritarian instincts but his fear of discussion over arguments he knows he cannot win.
The Years of Trying
Two recent books exploring the post-crash ‘mass protest decade’ and the Left’s ‘populist moment’ present a vital — but sobering — assessment of the Left’s consistent failures and potential prospects.