The Tories’ Latest Crackdown on Trade Unions
Later today, a committee will vote on new anti-union measures including levies and severe fines – it’s part of the government’s campaign to deter workers from organising amid the cost of living crisis.
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What Freedom Means to Maggie Nelson
The American poet and essayist Maggie Nelson explores climate change, art, sexuality, and liberty in her new book ‘On Freedom’.
A Green New Deal for Food
The pressures facing the agricultural sector can’t be solved by one-off tricks that entrench corporate power. Instead, we need solutions with collective ownership at the core.
Welsh Labour’s UBI Pilot Is a Step to Fixing Our Broken Economy
Faced with rising poverty and the threat of automation, the Welsh government is rolling out a Universal Basic Income pilot – its aim is to show that bold policies can transform our broken economy.
We Don’t Just Need Council Housing – We Need Good Council Housing
It’s hard to resist privatisation or gentrification when the council housing being defended is falling apart – we need to fight for high-quality public housing that really improves lives.
Corporate Social Justice Is a Scam
Recent years have seen global corporations embrace racial justice causes for PR purposes – but the economic system they preside over continues to ensure Africa is exploited for the benefit of the super-rich.
The Radical Roots of Twee
Twee is back, and the subject of a thousand thinkpieces – but few have explored the subculture’s radical roots in feminism, punk and the fight against Margaret Thatcher.
The Metaverse Is Just the Latest Step in Immersive Capitalism
Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse is part of a much broader ‘immersive entertainment industry,’ which hopes to atomise popular culture – and force society to submit to its senses.
Scotland’s Bar Workers Are Fighting for Better
Workers at Macmerry bars in Glasgow and Dundee faced years of underpayment, unsafe conditions and impossible hours – but then they joined a trade union, and the tide in the workplace began to change.
It’s Time for a 3-Day Weekend
The launch of a 4-day week pilot scheme has seen hundreds of organisations express an interest – it’s just the latest sign that a shorter working week could be the way to fix our broken economy.
Broad Enough for Tories, But Not for Jeremy Corbyn
Labour’s decision to welcome former Tory MP Christian Wakeford is dubious at best – but if it comes alongside a refusal to readmit Jeremy Corbyn, it will be a sign of a party abandoning its values.
Sheikh Jarrah Is the Frontline of Israel’s Colonialism
Yesterday, the Palestinian Salhiya family was forcibly evicted from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah – the destruction of their home was just the latest example of Israel’s colonial violence.
Preston Is Putting Socialist Policies into Practice
From workers’ cooperatives to community banks, living wage employment and regeneration that benefits the community, Preston shows what a real alternative to decades of neoliberal decline can look like.
Never Trust a Tory
Partygate should be the end for Boris, but none of his replacements will bring about the change we need – a change from Tory policy itself.
65. The Care Crisis: An Interview with Emma Dowling
This week, Grace talks to author Emma Dowling about the crisis of care facing the world economy, the challenges of organising, and what it would take to genuinely democratise care work.
Everything Is Going Up – Except Wages
Inflation is the highest it’s been in 30 years, while pay is below 2008 levels. There’s only one way to avoid becoming worse off: joining a union and standing up for yourself.
The Teaching Crisis Goes Deeper than Covid
On top of relentless overwork, surveillance, slashed funding and inadequate Covid support, teachers in England have lost 17% of their real-terms pay since 2010 – while MPs’ salaries have risen by £19,000. It’s time to fight back.
For the Elite, the Parties Were Never a Secret
The scale of the Partygate scandal makes clear that it could never have been a secret – it’s just the latest piece of information the public discovers when it suits the powerful.
How to Save the BBC
The BBC’s news output has earned it many critics on the Left, but the solution isn’t privatisation – it’s a campaign to build a genuine public broadcaster.
The Whole Ruling Class Has to Go
As the Tory government and royal family sink into a pit of sleaze, it’s never been clearer that Britain’s ruling class doesn’t represent the people – it’s time for a political revolution.