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Ellie Whittaker

Ellie Woolstencroft is an activist with Labour for a Green New Deal.

Why I Opposed the Overseas Operations Bill

A war crime doesn’t stop being a war crime after five years. We should be holding our Armed Forces to the highest standards, not creating loopholes for atrocities – that’s why I voted against the Overseas Operations Bill.

Italy’s Quick Fix

In Italy, a constitutional referendum promises to solve the country’s democratic crisis by cutting the number of politicians – but easy solutions to structural problems will feed rather than resolve popular frustrations.

Madrid’s Covid Class War

In Madrid, authorities have imposed a new lockdown on 850,000 people living in the city’s working-class neighbourhoods – the very places where key workers at the front lines of the virus are most likely to live.

Victor Grayson: Britain’s Lost Revolutionary

100 years ago today Victor Grayson – one of the most famous socialist politicians of his generation – left his London apartment and was never seen again. We explore his controversial life and the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.

Hobsbawm’s Marxist History

Today Eric Hobsbawm is often described as a great historian despite his Marxism – but the opposite is true: Hobsbawm’s Marxist perspective imbued his work with a unique historical understanding.

In Love with Almost Everyone

In his work on acid communism, Mark Fisher wrote that counter-culture explored the relationship of consciousness and reality – and none did this better than the psychedelic music of the 1960s.

Mutual Aid After Lockdown

In the early weeks of Covid-19, mutual aid groups sprang up across Britain to support those abandoned by years of austerity. Now they are grappling with their roles in the months and years to come.

No-Places and Good-Places

Massive Attack’s new EP consists of three audiovisual lectures on basic income, tax avoidance and climate change as an attempt to visualise a ‘eutopia’ – an attainable ‘good-place.’

Cracking Down on Student Dissent

In the University of Stirling, harsh penalties handed out to students who occupied in support of striking staff sends a clear message – resistance to the neoliberal university will not be tolerated.