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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 racist abuse directed at England players after the Euro final has been written off as the moral failing of a minority – but in reality it is embedded in the structures and institutions of our society.
Ending the Universal Credit uplift could force up to 1.2 million people into poverty and increase foodbank usage by 20% – but the Tories are pushing ahead because deprivation sustains Britain’s low-pay economy.
The Tories’ Health and Care Bill not only provides new opportunities for private firms to decide policy and pick up contracts – it also reduces the local accountability which keeps essential services in place.
In 2019, performers heading to Israel were told to keep politics out of the Eurovision. A new documentary tells the story of Hatari, the Icelandic band who defied the authorities by flying the Palestinian flag.
The racist abuse directed at England’s football players since last night’s match is not an anomaly – it’s the consequence of politicians and media outlets demonising them for their efforts to make this country better.
The space race playing out among billionaires like Branson, Bezos and Musk has little to do with science – it’s a PR-driven spectacle designed to distract us from the disasters capitalism is causing here on Earth.
Paul Mendez’s novel ‘Rainbow Milk’ celebrates the accents and voices of the Black Country, following its characters from Jamaica to Dudley to London.
Paris Lees’ novel, inspired by her upbringing in the East Midlands, is a traumatic and funny story of class mobility, and of the places where the oppressions of class and gender collide.
Labour’s right-wing has treated the razor-thin victory a week ago in Batley and Spen as vindication – but it exposed a stark reality: the party’s problems are even greater now than they were in December 2019.
Steve Turner’s ‘Workers’ Greenprint’ is a bold plan to put workers at the forefront of the fight against climate change – and it shows why he’s the candidate we need as the next general secretary of Unite.
In the last decade, right-wing politicians and media outlets have proliferated the idea of ‘no-go zones’ as a way to foment hatred against immigrants – only proving how much of their ideology consists of fantasy.
This week, Grace speaks to writer and historian Peter Mitchell about how the memory of empire manifests in today’s politics, how Labour supports that trend, and how the Left should respond to emotive calls for a return to a better age.
A documentary film about the science fiction motif of ‘the world as a hallucination’ reveals something quite different — the tragedy of the means people use to cope with reality.
After years of institutional neglect, residents of Marsh Farm in Luton have come together to build a bottom-up model of regeneration – one which puts the community’s interest before private profit.
Tennis has often been considered an exclusive sport – but in the 1930s, trade unionists came together to challenge the private clubs with their own tournament: the ‘Workers’ Wimbledon.’
For decades, Israel has used culture and heritage as a weapon in its war against the Palestinians – but its latest move in Silwan is the most brazen yet: replacing living neighbourhoods with a biblical theme park.
The recently re-released ‘Friendship’s Death’ is an ambitious 1980s Channel 4 film in which left-wing director Peter Wollen brings radical science fiction together with the Palestinian freedom struggle.
Despite early predictions that the pandemic would be a ‘great leveller,’ it’s increasingly clear that Covid-19 has helped major corporations increase their power – and only worker organising can fight back.
Last week, the campaign for a statue to Jack Charlton in his hometown of Ashington reached its funding goal – with support from trade unions, ex-miners and the local council securing a statue to a working-class hero.
While the government rolls out grandiose schemes to make Britain a ‘global superpower,’ it continues to neglect the care sector at home – priorities which show it has learned nothing from the Covid-19 pandemic.