The Minister for Property Developers
Robert Jenrick’s dodgy dealings with a billionaire Tory donor are just the tip of the iceberg – the whole planning system is rigged to favour private developers over the public good.
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Ellie Whittaker
Ellie Woolstencroft is an activist with Labour for a Green New Deal.
The Cholera Riots
Nearly two hundred years ago, shipping merchants ignored all health warnings and brought a cholera pandemic to Britain. Their act of greed triggered widespread social revolt.
Labour’s Soft Left Turn on Welfare
Fears that Labour is returning to hawkishness on welfare seem misplaced, but the party is making a pivot to the pandemic’s better-heeled ‘new’ unemployed – one which will do little to foster social solidarity.
We Can’t Let Corporations ‘Blackwash’ Capitalism
In recent weeks we have seen corporations embrace anti-racist rhetoric – but many continue to pay minority workers poverty wages and bust their unions. That’s a PR exercise, not fighting inequality.
New York’s Latest Left Breakthrough
Two years after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s breakthrough, the New York Democratic establishment suffered another shock last night as socialist Jamaal Bowman defeated incumbent Congressman Elliot Engel.
Labour Must Be a Party that Fights for Trans Rights
The Labour leadership’s refusal to get ‘drawn in’ to the debate over the Gender Recognition Act isn’t good enough – it’s time for the party to stand up for trans rights against the right-wing media backlash.
The Slaver’s Protectors
The toppling of the statue of Edward Colston has drawn attention to Bristol’s dirty secret – the continued influence and activities of elite business lobby, the Society of Merchant Venturers.
The Conquest of Bread
Food writing often strays into political causes, from chlorinated chicken to sustainability and animal welfare – but it rarely mentions the key ingredient to food production worldwide: the capitalist system.
Getting Away with War Crimes
For decades, former British soldiers with friends in high places ran a mercenary enterprise from Sri Lanka to Nicaragua – leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake.
Labour Must Stand with Trans People Against a New Section 28
Tory plans to scrap Gender Recognition Act reform have come alongside a demonisation campaign against trans people which threatens years of progress. Labour must fight back.
An Acceptable Sacrifice
During the coronavirus crisis, ‘underlying conditions’ has become just the latest throwaway remark reminding disabled people that society doesn’t value their lives.
This Country and the City
Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper’s series ‘This Country’ might be a charming comedy about life in the Cotswolds, but it is ultimately more Bertolt Brecht than Vicar of Dibley.
A Decade of Austerity Ruined Britain – We Can’t Afford a Repeat
Today marks 10 years since the first Coalition austerity budget. The last decade showed that austerity can be worse for the economy than any recession – but the government is determined to ignore the lesson.
Why We Need a National Care Service – and How to Build One
Coronavirus has exposed the scandal of our privatised, fragmented, and underfunded social care system – it’s time to make the case for a real alternative: a National Care Service.
France’s Black Lives Matter Movement
Recent weeks have seen France explode with mass demonstrations against police brutality – sparked by events in America but inspired by the killing of young black people at home.
Glasgow’s ‘Magnificent Murals’
How has the city with more Turner Prize winners than any other in the UK managed to put up such consistently terrible public art?
Refugee Policies Can’t Return to ‘Normal’ After Coronavirus
The Covid-19 crisis has given governments another excuse to ignore their responsibilities to refugees. Before the climate crisis to come, it’s essential that everyone fleeing disaster is treated with dignity.
The Legacy of the Ogre
In Myanmar under the British Empire, a wave of strikes in the country’s oil fields led to a mass socialist movement that led the country towards independence.
The Fight for Asylum Seeker Rights Behind Glasgow’s Protests
While far-right violence claimed the headlines in Glasgow this week, the cause behind the original peaceful protest endures – the inhumane living conditions facing asylum seekers in the city.
Covid-19: The Disaster Automation Was Waiting For
Automation has been slower in recent years than many expected – but with the pandemic forcing companies to innovate, and borrowing cheaper than ever, many of today’s job losses might become permanent.