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Yesterday's violence in Washington D.C. was a warning about the empowerment of the far-right under Donald Trump – to prevent more serious threats to democracy in the future, the US Left needs to mobilise now.
In the aftermath of the Financial Crash, it briefly looked like a left-wing alternative would benefit from anti-elite sentiment. But in recent years, the Right has waged a campaign to portray the Left as an out-of-touch elite — and turned the tide of politics in the process.
A century ago, the Addison Act made working class housing a responsibility of the state - and paved the way for the construction of hundreds of thousands of council homes.
Viral online campaigning - from videos to memes - is likely to play a larger role in this election than any other. That could be to Labour's benefit.
This weekend Germany's SPD defied its party establishment to elect a left-wing duo to leadership - and breathe life back into the country's socialist politics.
By raising the spectre of 'antifa' and outside agitators, the US President is trying to cast protestors against police violence as alien – and legitimise brutal crackdowns in the process.
Paul W. Fleming, newly-elected leader of artists' union Equity, writes about the fight against precarity and job losses in the sector – and how organising the creative industries can breathe life into the labour movement.
Britain and the world face overlapping crises of historic proportions. Only the Left can meet the challenges of our time but that means urgently organising around a popular programme.
Reforming the Last Night of the Proms was never a left-wing demand – but by elevating the controversy, the Tories can consolidate their base, disguise their failures and advance their reform agenda for the BBC.
The centre is back. But it still hasn’t got any answers.
The sugary pop of 1985's 'Our Favourite Shop' by Paul Weller's The Style Council carried a brutal critique of the fantasies and realities of Thatcherism in the South of England during the tumultuous 1980s.
This week's Labour conference saw the party lurch further towards the centre – but where 1990s Third Way politics came with a swagger, Keir Starmer's 'moderates' look increasingly insipid.
The government's classification of Hamas as a terrorist organisation isn't about keeping anyone safe – it's the latest cynical attempt to criminalise solidarity with Palestinians.
At St George’s Hospital in London, workers employed by outsourcing giant Mitie are striking for decent terms and conditions – and to be brought in-house on NHS contracts.
Lula's historic victory, unthinkable just two years ago, couldn’t have happened without millions of people fighting for it. As Bolsonaro supporters refuse to accept the results, the mobilisation of those masses will be key to securing democracy.
Rishi Sunak's reckless climate surrender is a cynical attempt to ignite a culture war — and he's willing to let our planet burn in order to get there.