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Billy Anania

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

UCL Must Cut the Rent

Sick of being exploited by profit-driven universities, student rent strikers are organising for change – at UCL their demands are a full refund of this year’s rent and a rent freeze for the next five years.

Behind Union Collusion

A cosy culture between union officials and industry bigwigs in the construction sector undermined workers for decades – creating conditions that allowed unions to collaborate in the blacklisting of their own members.

The Long Shadow of Section 28

The Thatcher government’s Section 28 made it illegal for public bodies to ‘promote homosexuality’ – a policy that continues to detrimentally impact the lives of LGBT+ people decades later.

It’s Time for Trade Unions to Back BDS

Recent weeks have seen historic demonstrations in support of Palestine, but protests alone won’t be enough to turn the tide – trade unions must be at the forefront of a new wave of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.

Palestinian Freedom Isn’t a Threat to Jews

For years, there has been a cynical campaign to cast the struggle against apartheid in Israel as a threat to Jews – but growing numbers of Jewish people refuse to accept that their safety relies on the oppression of others.

Reclaiming the 1960s

The counter-culture of the 1960s is sometimes dismissed as an individualist phenomenon – but it was in its essence a collective movement, and one the Left should try to learn from again.

Working Too Long Is Killing You

Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths worldwide in 2016. As we emerge from the pandemic, we urgently need to reclaim our free time – but the only way to do it is through worker organising.

It’s Time to Change Our Trains

Our train system is expensive, overcrowded, and unreliable, and the government’s latest plans do nothing to make it better – to really improve the railways, we need to take private profit out of the equation.

‘Platform Football’ Is Not the Answer

Spotify owner Daniel Ek’s plan to buy Arsenal and replace the hated Stan Kroenke has been welcomed by many fans – but the way his company has hollowed out the music industry should be a warning to football.