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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.

The Windfall Tax Sham

Rishi Sunak’s windfall tax is a drop in the ocean of the profits of oil giants. If the government was serious about tackling the cost-of-living crisis, it would stop letting super-rich corporations off the hook.

Imagining World Peace

The Russian physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov was haunted by his role in the development of nuclear weapons – as an alternative, in late life he devised a system of horizontal confederation for both the USSR and the world.

Enshrining Impunity

This week, the British government introduced legislation to shield soldiers who committed historic crimes in Northern Ireland from prosecution – just the latest example of its determination to grant impunity for atrocities.

The Police Don’t Need More Powers

Priti Patel’s plans to expand the use of stop and search and arm police police volunteers with tasers won’t prevent crime – but it will increase state violence and further persecute marginalised communities.

Teachers Against Fire and Rehire

Richmond upon Thames College is threatening to fire and rehire teachers in a landmark attack on pay and conditions in the industry – but now workers are taking to the picket lines to fight back.

Australia’s Left Turn

The Australian election saw historic defeats for the Murdoch media and the country’s right wing. But if the Labor Party is to really bring about change, it needs to fight for transformative economic policies.

Priti Patel’s New Asylum Prisons

While anger is focused on the brutal Rwanda scheme, the Tories have also quietly announced new ‘camps’ to house asylum seekers in isolated locations in Britain – yet another attack on people seeking sanctuary.

Dancing in the Ruins

Ulrich Gutmair’s ‘The First Days of Berlin’ provides a glimpse into the squats, galleries, and techno clubs that sprung up after the fall of the Wall — but what were the political underpinnings of that scene and what is its legacy?

A Welsh Bus Revolution

The Welsh government’s plans to reverse decades of bus deregulation and create a publicly run network spanning the country are the most radical transport proposals anywhere in Britain – and key to fighting the climate crisis, writes Lee Waters.