Why ACORN Is Rallying for Renters’ Rights
Tomorrow, renters’ union ACORN will hold rallies across the country to pressure MPs to adopt the Renters Reform Coalition blueprint – a charter aimed at empowering tenants and reining in rogue landlords.
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Justice for Thomas Sankara
This week, Blaise Compaoré was jailed for his role in the murder of Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara –but real justice can only be won by a movement that fights to bring Sankara’s socialist vision back to life.
The Tories’ Energy Strategy Is Running on Empty
This week’s energy strategy was an opportunity for urgent action to tackle the climate and cost of living crises – the government failed on both fronts.
Higher Wages Are the Only Solution to the Cost of Living Crisis
The cost of living crisis is causing the biggest fall in living standards in decades – and the only way to turn the tide is to fight for wage increases across the economy.
Talking to the Stasi about Poetry
In East Germany, there was a library in every factory, a spy watching every writer, and a state-sponsored poetry-writing group for secret policemen.
Capital’s Crowning Glory
The monarchy isn’t just an anachronism or a circus – it’s one of Britain’s most powerful businesses which uses its influence to shore up its own wealth.
The Rail Privatisation Scam
After taxpayers were scammed out of tens of millions of pounds, the train company responsible has just been rewarded with a lucrative new contract – definitive proof that the rail privatisation racket must end.
Why Orbán Won
Hungary’s united opposition abandoned class politics, resulting in a landslide victory for Viktor Orbán – a lesson that standing against the far right without an alternative is not enough.
75. Foodbank Britain w/ Sumi Rabindrakumar
On this week’s podcast, Grace talks to Sumi Rabindrakumar of the Trussell Trust about the roots of the cost of living crisis, who’s being worst hit, and what could be done to tackle it.
Landlords Must Be Defeated
Landlords raised rents by the highest percentage ever in 2021. More than 1,200 people died while homeless in the same year. It’s time for tenants to organise – and take back housing from the profiteers.
Western Sahara Is Still Fighting for Freedom
As NATO powers declare unwavering support for Ukrainian self-determination, they are quietly abandoning the people of Western Sahara to Morocco’s brutal military occupation.
Homes, Not Assets
For years, our political class has treated housing as a moneymaking vehicle at the expense of providing decent homes. New polling shows even homeowners think it’s time for that to change.
The Fakenham Work-In at 50
When a shoe factory in the small Norfolk town of Fakenham was slated for closure in 1972, its women workers barricaded themselves inside and began a work-in. 50 years later, their struggle should be remembered.
The Rent Is Too Damn High
Housing is driving the cost of living crisis, with private rents in England the highest ever recorded. That will only change through a struggle of renters against the rentiers.
In Worthing and Barrow, Bin Workers Are Fighting Back
Britain’s bin workers were clapped as heroes during the pandemic, but that appreciation was never reflected in their pay packets – in Worthing and Barrow, they’re striking to get what they deserve.
Who Was Elizabeth Eden?
Elizabeth Eden, whose story was dramatised by 1975 film ‘Dog Day Afternoon,’ was a pioneering trans figure in popular culture – but her political impact runs far deeper than a botched bank robbery.
Britain’s Debt Tsunami
New polling shows that 3 million people expect cost of living increases to push them into debt, joining 8.5 million people already struggling to repay – to avoid another disaster, it’s time for a debt writedown.
‘Homes for Ukraine’ Is More Scam than Scheme
Out of 28,300 applications, just 2,700 visas have been issued to refugees through Homes for Ukraine – suggesting the scheme is more about deflecting political pressure than solidarity with those fleeing war.
This Isn’t a Cost of Living Crisis – It’s a Class War
From rising bills to falling wages to the P&O scandal, the Tory government is presiding over a collapsing economy for workers – and it can only be fought by trade union organisation.
Islington’s Co-operative Future
As part of its Community Wealth Building agenda, Islington is launching a new scheme to kickstart the borough’s co-operative economy – and put power back in workers’ hands.