The Real Divide Isn’t Generation – It’s Class
The media tries to pit the old against the young in a generation war – but the dividing line that really defines our society is the one between classes.
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Workers Need a Maximum Temperature
Working in excessive heat is dangerous, and we can't trust bosses to do anything to protect us – workers need a maximum temperature and a new trade union campaign is fighting to achieve it.
For a Socialist Labour Students
Labour Students has historically been a by-word for gerrymandering and neoliberal politics – but when ballots open next week, student members have the chance to refound it as a campaigning, socialist wing.
The Pentonville Five at 50
On this day in 1972, five trade unionists were arrested after refusing to obey an injunction against picketing. We republish a report from Tribune on the campaign which secured their freedom.
The Forde Report’s Villains Now Control the Labour Party
Far from drawing a line under party factionalism, the Starmer leadership has elevated the very Labour Right fixers whose conduct is most criticised in the Forde Report – and given them licence to remake the party in their image.
Inside the Arriva North West Strike
As Britain's strike wave intensifies, 1,800 Arriva North West bus drivers have called a continuous strike – the latest group of workers to take to the picket lines in the fight for a real pay rise.
The Forde Report Proves Labour’s Racism – And it Hasn’t Gone Away
For many black and Asian members of Labour, the Forde report’s findings of racism in the party are no surprise – but that didn’t stop them being ignored by swathes of the mainstream media.
Teachers Are At Breaking Point
In June, Nadhim Zahawi called possible strikes by teachers 'unforgiveable'. What's really unforgiveable is subjecting overstretched education workers to a real-terms pay cut in a cost of living crisis.
87. Inequality Matters w/ Mike Savage
This week, Grace speaks to Mike Savage, author of The Return of Inequality, about the renewed focus on inequality in politics – and how different forms of inequality are inextricably linked.
How the Labour Party Betrayed its Young Members
In response to today's Forde Report, Keir Starmer said he had 'rid the party of destructive factionalism.' My experience as chair of Young Labour shows that's not true.
The Privatisation of Children’s Social Care Is a National Scandal
The privatisation of children’s social care services is definitive proof that the elite puts profit before its responsibilities – even to society's most acutely vulnerable.
We Shouldn’t Be Working In This
This week’s heatwave will make work nasty at best and fatal at worst, especially for people in physical or outdoor jobs. We need a maximum working temperature in law to stop people facing conditions like this.