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Ellie Woolstencroft is an activist with Labour for a Green New Deal.
If countries with high levels of poverty and weak health systems are forced to repay creditors in the midst of coronavirus, they will go under – the Global South needs a debt write-off and serious financial support.
Over the past decade Tory governments have used voluntary work as cover for their cutbacks. We can’t let them do it again now – it’s time to properly fund public services.
The liberal establishment has spent years proclaiming its internationalism over Brexit – but when it comes to helping the Global South at a time of crisis they are silent.
Unless debt relief is offered to the countries of the Global South, they will be plunged into economic chaos by the coronavirus crisis – exposing the reality of a world economic system built to suit the West.
At last night’s Eurogroup meeting, southern states asked for solidarity in the midst of a horrific pandemic and had the door slammed in their faces. The long-term consequences for the EU could be profound.
A decade of austerity shredded public services and left millions of workers on the brink. It would be hard to imagine a policy more destructive to our capacity to respond to the coronavirus crisis.
The coronavirus crisis has revealed that many of the workers the government calls ‘unskilled’ are essential to our society – and deserve not only more respect, but better pay and conditions.
Yesterday’s loss for Bernie Sanders was a tough pill to swallow. But could it have been avoided? And where does the US Left go next? We discussed the campaign and its aftermath with talkshow host Michael Brooks.
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns made mass working-class politics possible again in America – the challenge now is to ensure that socialism becomes a permanent feature of the political landscape.
Bernie Sanders owes more to Brooklyn than his accent. His politics were profoundly shaped by its radicalism – from New Deal reforms to the Yiddish socialism that brought his grandparents into active politics.
The last great defeat for the Labour Left in the 1980s resulted in division and infighting that took decades to recover from. Now is the time to learn those lessons and unite, argues Paula Barker MP.
Bernie Sanders took socialism out of the margins and into the American mainstream for the first time in generations. That makes him a historic figure whose legacy will far outlast his critics.
As wealthy families escape to their rural holiday homes, workers are forced to put themselves at risk to deliver them the goods they need to survive. Don’t let them tell you we’re all in it together.
Liberal commentators frame the dominance of finance as a hindrance to a well-functioning capitalist economy. In reality, it is a feature rather than a bug of modern capitalism, argues Grace Blakeley.
The historic scale of this economic crisis demands an effective socialist movement. Now is the time to renew the Labour Left – and build a Momentum that breaks out of its liberal cul-de-sac.
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has launched a ‘Brazil Can’t Stop’ campaign to encourage people to work despite coronavirus. His disastrous response typifies a right-wing that values profits ahead of people’s lives.
The devastation brought by coronavirus has been hugely magnified by an irrational system that measures human life in terms of profit. We need a plan to build a better society in its aftermath.
In response to coronavirus, management in some hospitals are pushing through reforms to workers’ conditions and NHS services they planned before the crisis. To protect the NHS, we’ll need to fight back.
In the West Bank and Gaza, coronavirus has exposed the impact of Israel’s decades-long occupation – and left many Palestinians without the healthcare they need to survive.
With a coronavirus vaccine on the horizon, it’s time for governments to ensure that public investment in research results in rewards for public health – not obscene profits for Big Pharma.