Welcome to Elon Musk’s Internet
The world’s richest man has bought Twitter – and made the case for digital infrastructure that isn’t just capital’s plaything clearer than ever.
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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
‘Basic Instinct’ Is What the Establishment Thinks of Working-Class Women
The disgusting smear directed at Angela Rayner this weekend proved how Britain’s elites view not just women, but working-class women in particular – and we shouldn’t let their insincere apologies say otherwise.
The War on Disabled People Just Got Worse
After the cruelty of austerity and Covid, the Tories have now hit disabled people with the biggest fall in social security payments ever recorded. It’s a national scandal – and it’s time to fight back.
Scotland’s Socialist Council Is Fighting for Re-Election
From municipally-owned energy to public housing projects, North Ayrshire council is putting socialist policies into action – and onto the ballot in next week’s local elections.
The French Left Is on the Way Back
Buoyed by its strong first round showing, the French Left gathered around Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s Popular Union is preparing for a wave of resistance – whether Macron or Le Pen emerges as president.
Why We Stood Up to the Estate Agents
One of the activists behind this week’s viral video outside a London estate agents describes how being threatened by landlords – and abandoned by the Labour Party – led them to take direct action.
Remembering the Battle of Wood Green
On this day 45 years ago, anti-fascists in the diverse north London neighbourhood of Haringey beat back the National Front – and helped to stem a rising tide of far-right politics across Britain.
Postgrad Researchers Are the Cheap Labour of Britain’s Universities
Postgraduate researchers do the same work as university staff, but without the same employment rights, protections, or pay – exploitation that keeps academia closed to anyone but the wealthy few.
The Assange Extradition Puts the Free Press on Trial
Priti Patel will decide whether to extradite Julian Assange to the US. She must be asked whether the British government believes death in prison should be the sanction for reporting on the powerful.
Russia’s Turmoil Is Behind its War in Ukraine
The attack on Ukraine has its roots in still unresolved civil conflicts within the Russian Federation of the 1990s – making blowback inside Russia itself an increasingly likely outcome.
Israel’s Violence Is the Rule, Not the Exception
The Israeli police’s violence in the Al Aqsa mosque during Ramadan has drawn global attention, but it’s only one part of the apartheid regime Palestinians have to live through every single day.
After Stephen Lawrence
With constant Met Police failings and new legislation aggressively targeting black and ethnic minority communities, this year’s Stephen Lawrence Day should be a reminder that the fight against institutional racism is far from over.
The Next Energy Catastrophe
The energy price cap is due to rise by a further £830 this October, just as the next cold snap hits. This will plunge millions into poverty and worse – but the government shows no intention of stopping it.
The Enemies Within
Young artists Corbin Shaw and Rene Matić are challenging the slogans, images, and ideas of Britishness by drawing on personal experience and class politics.
77. Against Ecofascism w/ Sam Moore
In the latest episode, Grace talks to Sam Moore, co-author of The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right, about how the climate crisis is being weaponised by reactionaries – and how the left should respond.
Centrists Don’t Really Care About Democracy
Democracy is under threat, but it won’t be saved by centrist technocratic solutions – the only way to revive it is through the grassroots movements that elite liberals despise.
Post Office Workers Are All Out on May 3
Post Office workers have called a rare national strike against their diminishing take-home pay. These pillars of the community want what every worker deserves: a dignified wage, respect from management, and your solidarity.
Rosa Luxemburg and the International of Letters
A new book inspired by Rosa Luxemburg’s famous letters shows how dialogue can happen across a diverse and often divided international Left.
How Darwin Influenced Marx and Engels
Charles Darwin died 140 years ago today. His work revolutionised our understanding of nature, and had a major impact on other thinkers of his time – including Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.
In the Universities, There’s No Shortcut to Victory
Despite the second longest period of strikes in the UCU’s history, university management remains more entrenched against worker demands than ever – now is the time to organise and rebuild.