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Ko Leik Pya works as a teacher and writer in the UK and Myanmar. He writes here under a pseudonym.
In his speech today, Boris Johnson deployed phoney populism to crusade against a ‘broken’ economic system – Labour must seize the opportunity to provide a real alternative to neoliberalism.
Jeff Bezos is the latest billionaire to pledge a cash sum to ‘protect the environment’ – but capitalism’s climate breakdown can’t be solved by throwing money at the status quo.
Born on this day in 1910, Barbara Castle became an icon of the labour movement – and a thorn in the side of those who sought to suppress her unabashed socialist politics.
Today’s arms fair in Farnborough is just the latest in a string of weapons festivals taking place across Britain – revealing the huge power of the war industry, as well as its cosy relationship with government.
The past year has exposed the myth that central banks are neutral bodies which exist outside of politics – and made clear that their crucial economic functions must be brought under democratic control.
The pandemic proved just how much we rely on our schools and the people who work in them. Now it’s time for the government to give them the support they need.
Beyond the platform speeches and right-wing provocations, the real story of Conservative Party conference is the lobbying – with corporations paying for access to the country’s most powerful politicians.
Since the sentencing for Sarah Everard’s murder, officials have sought to distance Couzens from the institution in which he served – but the truth is that violence and misogyny are endemic in British policing.
85 years ago today, the working class of London’s East End organised against Oswald Mosley’s race hatred – and delivered the greatest defeat in British fascism’s history.
69 years ago, Britain detonated its first nuclear bomb test off the coast of Australia, officially becoming the world’s third nuclear power. Seven decades later, Australians are still dealing with the fallout.
Last week, cleaners at University of the Arts London went on strike. It is just the latest battle in the fight against outsourcing and diminishing conditions across the economy – but it is one they intend to win.
Despite staff shortages, workers on different contracts in the NHS are being pitted against each other for shifts – a tactic designed to prevent them from organising effectively to improve conditions.
Last month, Ocado Zoom drivers made headlines for organising against rock-bottom pay and outsourcing of their jobs. Now, they are unionising – and determined to win better.
In recent weeks, Labour has confirmed its rightward drift on housing by emphasising home ownership instead of social housing and renters’ rights – but embracing the market will do nothing to solve the housing crisis.
Sheffield-born musician Richard H. Kirk passed away last month. His music, in Cabaret Voltaire and after, told a story of darkness and paranoia growing into a utopian, expansive vision of the future.
After being refused a pay rise despite big profits for investors, staff at the Polyflor factory in Manchester went on strike. Their ensuing victory is a warning to bosses: never take your workforce for granted.
The Nadine Dorries-assisted demolition of Dorman Long Tower symbolised the evisceration of local industrial heritage in the name of profit-driven redevelopment – and proved the ‘Conservatives’ only conserve when it suits them.
A new poll from Survation and Autonomy has revealed overwhelming support for increasing the minimum wage to £15 per hour – just days after the issue led to a resignation from Labour’s Shadow Cabinet.
Keir Starmer’s leaders speech was the longest in recent memory, but contained hardly any substance – an admission that Labour under his watch won’t respond to crisis with any great ambition for change.
This week, Grace speaks to Geoff Mann, Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University, about neoliberalism, state power, and why democracy is so important to anti-capitalist struggle today.