Behind the Scunthorpe Scaffs Strike
Scaffolders at British Steel's Scunthorpe site have spent years fighting for their pay to be brought in line with nationally agreed rates. Now, even after more than 100 days on strike, they're determined to win.
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The Right to Strike Is Under Attack – Again
Plans to force agency workers to cross picket lines is just the latest attempt to curb the right to strike – but it won’t hold back the wave of worker activity coming this summer.
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 Workers’ Hero: Avtar Singh Jouhl
Avtar Singh Jouhl, the former president of the Indian Workers' Association, passed away in October. He was a committed anti-racist and trade unionist, inviting Malcolm X to Britain and sending coaches of IWA members to support the miners' strike in 1984.
‘Ambulance Workers Are Absolutely on Their Knees’
25,000 ambulance workers are striking today. Instead of stripping away their right to strike, the government should deal with the crisis in the NHS that's pushed them to this point.
The Deadly War on Trans People Must End
In the wake of the killing of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey, it's time our political leaders found a backbone and stood against the attacks being waged on young trans people across the country.
The NHS Was Always Radical
Aneurin Bevan left this magazine for the Ministry of Health with a mission: to build an oasis of socialist principles within British capitalism.
It’s Time to Close The Freedom of Information Loophole
Hundreds of 'arm's-length bodies' are delivering public services worth over £220 billion of taxpayers' money. They cannot be allowed to evade public scrutiny.
Keir’ll Fix It
In the coming weeks, expect to hear Keir Starmer’s mantra of ‘country first, party second’ on loop. But what the naked, overt corruption evident in Labour’s selection process shows is that in reality, it is faction first, second, and third.
Voters Want Change. Labour Must Deliver It.
The Tories have been booted out of office after 14 years of wrecking our country. Rebuilding Britain will require bold and ambitious policies. If Labour doesn't deliver, voters will look elsewhere.
Louise Haigh Is Right, P&O Are Rogue Operators
P&O Ferries believed they could get away with sacking 800 workers because politicians wouldn't dare apply the law to them. In jumping to their defence this week, Keir Starmer proved them right.
Erdogan’s Attack on Democracy Has British Fingerprints
While Erdogan wages war on Turkey’s workers’ movement by jailing socialist MPs, the British police’s harassment of London’s Kurdish community reveals how much this authoritarianism has stretched to Britain.
The Wrong Crusade
The Labour government is waging a moral crusade in reverse by embarking on the biggest attack on welfare in a generation. It should tax high earners and multinationals instead.
After Captain Tom
The cultural memory of the Second World War has long been used to serve the interests of British conservatism. But now that the long post-war compact is over, has its meaning evaporated completely?
Ireland’s Left Breakthrough
If polls are correct, today's Irish election will see young and working-class voters flocking to Sinn Féin and others on the Left in historic numbers – dealing a blow to the country's dominant right-wing parties.
Protest Under Siege
Under the cover of the culture war, the government is introducing a wave of authoritarian legislation designed to erode our democratic rights. But the only way to defend the right to protest is to exercise it.