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Ellie Whittaker

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

On the Picket Line with the UCU

As the biggest university strike in British history enters its second month, we speak to workers on the picket lines about the impacts of insecure hours, unpaid work and gender inequality on their lives.

Big Capital Is Watching You

Large corporations are increasingly using dystopian technologies to monitor every aspect of their workers’ days – it marks a new wave of ‘digital Taylorism’ designed to maximise control.

Making Sense Of Labour’s Midlands Rout

The Midlands, which was once a heartland of militant trade unionism, saw thousands of Labour voters switch to the Tories this election. Only a politics that truly embraces community, solidarity, and dignity can reverse this trend.

Why We Lost

In 2017, Corbynism was a vibrant socialist project with a real prospect of power — in the two years since, it inflicted many of its own wounds.

Tides of History

In 1959, after Labour had suffered three consecutive election defeats, Nye Bevan made a defiant conference speech in defence of socialism. We republish that speech today.

Northern Discomfort

Today MPs Ian Lavery and Jon Trickett are launching their report ‘Northern Discomfort,’ which argues for a radical change in Labour’s approach to communities in the North of England.

Canvassing for Bernie

The grassroots Bernie Sanders campaign is trying to rebuild a sense of democracy and common purpose in a society where even city spaces are increasingly individualised.

Spiral Scratch

The ‘Scratch Orchestra’ founded in the 1970s by composer Cornelius Cardew was an experiment in democratic music-making, turning the orchestra into the microcosm of a new society.

Defeating the Third Runway

Yesterday’s court ruling against a third runway at Heathrow was a landmark moment in the international effort to hold governments to account over climate change.

The Last Social Democrat

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated on this day in 1986. He was the last social democratic leader to really believe in a world beyond capitalism.

America’s First Red Scare

100 years ago the American state clamped down on the country’s militant trade union movement. Then, as now, Red Scares aren’t rooted in hysteria – they’re about ensuring capital remains unchallenged.

Citizens Disunited

Citizens assemblies are in vogue for their purported ability to circumvent ‘populist’ politics – but they are increasingly used by the establishment to take the heat out of political struggles.

Why Unions Matter

There is only one force on earth that can challenge the stranglehold of capital: a fighting trade union movement with organisers at its core, writes Jane McAlevey.

Organising the Housing Struggle

The housing crisis isn’t going away just because Labour lost the election. Now is the time for those who want to continue the fight to throw themselves into grassroots campaigns.

How Bernie Won Nevada

A Labour Party member reports on the Bernie Sanders campaign, how its socialist message cut through in Nevada – and what we can learn from it in the UK.

Rebuilding from Defeat

Next month’s Bristol Transformed festival will aim to pick the socialist movement up from defeat – and begin the political education that can chart a way back.