Five Years Since the Grenfell Fire
In June 2017, a catastrophic fire in Grenfell Tower killed seventy-two people and should have changed housing standards for good. Instead, the establishment has failed victims — and resisted all efforts at change.
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Democracy in Decline
The departure of Boris Johnson as prime minister has been widely celebrated in Labour circles, but the rot at the heart of our political system goes far deeper.
American Hegemony Isn’t Going Away
Pundits are quick to declare the end of the unipolar world, but America’s economic empire is here to stay.
How Liberals Learned to Love NATO
In the wake of the war in Ukraine, NATO has been presented as a defensive alliance for democracy — but its actual history has been the promotion of Western imperial interests, often at the point of a gun.
How Commodity Speculators Drove War in Ukraine
In London and New York, the spectacularly wealthy gamble on the price of commodities — and, in the process, provide petrostate autocrats like Vladimir Putin with the resources to wage war.
How Ukraine’s Refugees Became Poland’s Exploited Workers
Millions of Ukrainians have fled to Poland since the Russian war began. Many have become embroiled in the vast illegal care-work economy – adding exploitation to the trauma of fleeing their homes.
Inside Enough is Enough’s First Rally
Last night saw Mick Lynch, Zarah Sultana, Dave Ward and others address thousands of people at the Enough is Enough campaign launch in London. We spoke to attendees and speakers about how the moment to fight has arrived.
In Tory Britain, ‘Hard Graft’ Doesn’t Pay
It’s comforting for politicians like Liz Truss to tell themselves low productivity is caused by laziness, because it absolves them of responsibility for an economy in which all hard work gets many people is a spot in the food bank queue.
How the Tories Tried to Make Strikes Impossible
For decades, Tory governments have undermined workers’ right to strike – to build a more equal society, we need to unshackle our trade unions.
Why Britain Needs a Real Pay Rise
After the longest pay freeze in history, the establishment is warning of dire consequences if workers get wage rises – but the real disaster is rising profits for the rich as the rest suffer.
Public Ownership of Energy Is the Only Answer
Falling wages and spiralling prices mean energy bills are soon likely to eat up a sixth of the average salary. Tinkering around the edges of this crisis isn't enough: we need public ownership, and we need it now.
The Holidays Shouldn’t Mean Hunger
For children across the country, six weeks off school means six weeks of not having enough to eat – and this year, even the food banks are running out of food. It's time the perpetual crisis of summer hunger was stopped.