Friedrich Engels on Social Murder
Revolutionary socialist Friedrich Engels died on this day in 1895, after spending much of his life in England – and writing on the suffering inherent in its capitalist system.
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How Structural Adjustment Paved the Way for Covid Crisis
The Global South’s pandemic response has been hamstrung by mountains of global debt – but also by the neoliberalism it had to accept to get loans in the first place.
Ten Years After the London Riots, Not Enough Has Changed
The riots of August 2011 occurred against a backdrop of deprivation, alienation and police violence. A decade on, little has changed in the communities set ablaze.
We Need a Wealth Tax to Rebuild
Key workers are facing real-terms pay caps while big banks pay out millions in bonuses and dividends. This kind of inequality isn’t sustainable – we need a wealth tax now.
47. The Right to Roam: An Interview with Nick Hayes
This week, Grace speaks to Nick Hayes, author of The Book of Trespass, about the relationship between enclosure and capitalism – and how we can protect our right to roam.
Liberals Don’t Understand the American Empire
The Trump presidency briefly made liberals critics of US actions around the world – but now he’s gone, they’re back to believing America is the solution to the destruction it creates.
Criminalising Solidarity
The government’s latest anti-migrant proposals would criminalise not only asylum seekers, but those who show them solidarity – there’s only one way to fight back: collective action.
Pizza Express: Hands Off Your Workers’ Dough
Without proper consultation, Pizza Express has brought in a policy that tops up kitchen pay by reducing tips to waiting staff – leaving many workers hundreds of pounds down each month.
How Britain’s New Towns Built Back Better
75 years ago this month, the post-war government passed the New Towns Act. It was a radical crisis recovery plan – one our politicians could learn from after the pandemic.
The Landlord Parliament
115 MPs – 90 of them Tories – are landlords making thousands per year from privately-rented properties. The housing crisis won’t be solved until that changes.
The Revolutionary Life of James Baldwin
Writer and activist James Baldwin was born on this day in 1924 – and spent his life fighting the interconnected injustices of racism, imperialism, homophobia, and capitalism.
Saving Singapore’s Golden Mile Complex
Singapore’s complicated mix of land nationalisation, mass public housing, and finance capitalism come together in the Golden Mile Complex – a 1970s megastructure which has just been saved from demolition.
The Cultural Industry of China
The cross-currents of politics and creative culture in China over the decades have had a major effect on both – influencing how culture is produced, and how politics is understood.
Justice for the 97
This week, Andrew Devine became the 97th victim of the Hillsborough disaster to be unlawfully killed – but until there is real accountability for those responsible for covering up state crimes, there can never be justice.
Their Tradition and Ours
Conservatives claim to defend tradition, but what they actually defend is historic injustice and inherited hierarchy – it’s the job of socialists to sustain the working-class tradition of fighting back.
Pedro Castillo Offers a Chance for Peru to Break With its Neoliberal History
Indigenous left-winger Pedro Castillo has been sworn in as the president of Peru. His victory marks a break with decades of Cold War conservatism – and opens up the possibility of a government of the poor.
Speaking to Leeds
During lockdown, a bookshop placed Pete Mitchell’s photographs of Leeds in the 1970s and 80s on billboards near their original locations – juxtaposing the modern city with its own nostalgic past.
The Fight to Kill the Bill Isn’t Over
The Tories’ racist anti-protest bill isn’t yet law. We can still fight against its worst elements – and against the creeping authoritarianism that produced it.
Jimmy Reid: ‘We’re Not Rats. We’re Human Beings.’
50 years ago this week, Jimmy Reid led the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in that defeated the Tory government. In commemoration, we republish his speech about alienation under capitalism.
How a New Aristocracy Is Profiting from Covid
Worldwide, secretive ‘family offices’ turn individual wealth into dynastic fortunes for everyone from CEOs to ex-prime ministers – and they’ve made big money from the Covid crisis.