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Billy Anania

Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.

How the ScotRail Workers Won

After ScotRail workers voted to strike during COP26, management returned to the table with a pay rise, a bonus and a promise to keep overtime premiums – proving once again that collective action can win.

The Making of Jennie Lee

Scottish socialist stalwart Jennie Lee was born on this day in 1904. Inspired by the mining community she was raised in, Lee’s life was spent fighting for working people – a fight which included co-founding Tribune.

NATO: Myth and Reality

Recent attempts to rebrand NATO and soften its image can’t disguise the truth – that it’s a war machine designed to project US power across the world.

The Long Legacy of Nazi Art

In the 1940s, Hitler and Goebbels compiled a list of artists they considered ‘divinely gifted’ with the power to envision Germany’s future. Today, the work of those artists remains more prevalent than we might think.

The High Wage Fantasy

Beyond a few exceptions, the government’s much-touted transition to a ‘high wage economy’ has yet to materialise – and without stronger trade union powers, it never will.

The Hounds of Love

A new book on the pioneering but deeply eccentric socialist psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich is full of lessons on the links between the body, trauma, and politics.

How Gramsci Went Global

50 years ago, the publication of an English translation of ‘Selections from the Prison Notebooks’ catapulted Antonio Gramsci onto the world stage – and gave Marxism its most influential post-war intellectual.