Teachers Are At Breaking Point
In June, Nadhim Zahawi called possible strikes by teachers 'unforgiveable'. What's really unforgiveable is subjecting overstretched education workers to a real-terms pay cut in a cost of living crisis.
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87. Inequality Matters w/ Mike Savage
This week, Grace speaks to Mike Savage, author of The Return of Inequality, about the renewed focus on inequality in politics – and how different forms of inequality are inextricably linked.
How the Labour Party Betrayed its Young Members
In response to today's Forde Report, Keir Starmer said he had 'rid the party of destructive factionalism.' My experience as chair of Young Labour shows that's not true.
The Privatisation of Children’s Social Care Is a National Scandal
The privatisation of children’s social care services is definitive proof that the elite puts profit before its responsibilities – even to society's most acutely vulnerable.
We Shouldn’t Be Working In This
This week’s heatwave will make work nasty at best and fatal at worst, especially for people in physical or outdoor jobs. We need a maximum working temperature in law to stop people facing conditions like this.
Crimes of the Future Past
David Cronenberg's new film shares its title with his second feature, made fifty-two years ago – a luridly pessimistic vision of the future made in reaction to the sexual revolution.
The Corporate Internet Isn’t the Only Option
When it comes to internet infrastructure, the for-profit model is presented as inevitable – but political decisions built today's internet, and political movements could build something different.
A City Perfect, In Every Detail
Forty years ago, Glasgow band The Blue Nile released their first single. Their work was rooted in Glasgow itself, and the changes wrought by the shock of Thatcherism.
The Tory Leadership Contest Is Becoming a War on Trans People
Tory leadership hopefuls are desperate to direct attention away from the living standards catastrophe they've collectively ushered in – and they're more than happy to attack one of society's most marginalised groups to do it.
The Economist’s War on Chile
The recent attack by The Economist on Chile’s new draft constitution is no surprise – it's just the latest in the magazine’s decades-long campaign against South American democracy.
A Bus Journey to a New Wales
A new anthology on Wales and Welshness charts a course from the country's invented traditions towards a plural future.
Public Transport Should Be Free
Spain is making short and medium train journeys free from September to the end of the year. To fight the cost of living and climate crises, we should do the same in Britain – but roll it out to all public transport, and make it permanent.