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Raven Hart

Raven Hart is co-founder of the Bristol Cooperative Alliance, an organisation that aims to promote a decentralised economy that empowers local communities and facilitates democratic self-determination.

Black Gold, Blue Waters

Laleh Khalili’s new book looks at the importance of shipping in the Arab peninsula for global capitalism – from distributing the world’s oil to handling the world’s freight, via some of the world’s most exploited workers.

Criminalising Black Lives Matter

Priti Patel’s plans to fast-track cases against Black Lives Matter protestors will deepen racial injustices in Britain’s courts – but Keir Starmer’s record during the London riots implicates Labour just as much.

Erasing Empire

Contrary to Boris Johnson’s claims that it does not edit or censor the past, the British state has sought at every turn to conceal the truth about the empire – including destroying vast records of its crimes.

Marx Was Right About Slavery

Tory MPs are demanding that we desecrate Marx’s grave – but Marx was a consistent campaigner against slavery, and supported the efforts of British workers who organised to fight it.

Bridging Britain’s Digital Divide

While school closures are necessary during a pandemic, they leave poorer students behind – it’s time for the government to bridge the digital divide and ensure that every child can participate in remote learning.

Who’s Afraid of Ilhan Omar?

Ilhan Omar is a target for America’s right-wing media – but the success of her new book confirms her status as a leading light of the emerging US Left, and one who will be around for some time.

The Coming Crash

Stock markets across the world are rallying as lockdowns lift and central banks pump money into the economy – but it’s likely to be a calm before the storm.

Kneeling Is Not Enough

Two months on from the leaked Labour report and its revelations of racism, no-one has been suspended – even pending investigation. For BAME Labour members, kneeling is not enough.

A Programme for Recovery

Now is the time for the labour movement to lay down the gauntlet to the political class with a clear set of economic and social demands that can respond to this historic crisis, argues Howard Beckett.

Up Went Nelson

Post-independence Ireland saw a wave of monuments to the British empire being removed, but none more dramatically than Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin – blown up on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

Tony Benn on the Legacy of Slavery

In 2007, Tony Benn – who was an MP for Bristol for 20 years – gave a speech discussing the legacy of slavery, the fight which brought it down and the ideal of common humanity which powers progressive struggles.

Smart Cities, Surveilled Citizens

‘Smart cities’ technologies have grown in popularity during the coronavirus crisis, and are now being touted as tools of economic recovery – but they will also deepen the power of surveillance over our lives.

Lessons from the Illiberal Democracies

Today’s Tories are closer to the right-wing populist governments of Eastern Europe than the neoliberal mainstream. To defeat them, Labour has to avoid the mistakes that empowered those projects.