A Pageant for the Ruling Class
A celebration of royalty is a celebration of unearned status, intergenerational wealth and undemocratic politics. It is, in other words, doffing the cap to the ruling class – and the society they preside over.
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On the Cost of Living Crisis, Labour Is to the Right of the Tories
With millions facing poverty, Labour should be demanding that the government goes much further than the weak measures announced so far – instead, they're trying to cast those measures as irresponsible.
20 Years Later, ‘The Wire’ Is Just as Radical and Relevant
20 years ago today, the first episode of 'The Wire' aired. Two decades later, it remains one of this century's great television shows – and most radical social critiques.
The Radical History of British Republicanism
From the Levellers to the Chartists and Tom Paine to Tony Benn, a seam of republicanism runs through much of what is great about Britain – a tradition that is just as much a part of its history as the royal family.
Fighting the Holiday Home Invasion
Cornwall has 12,000 registered second homes, while 20,000 people wait to be housed. It's an absurd situation that only serves the wealthy – and now local residents are organising to fight back and save their towns.
Public Pools for Everyone
After years of austerity, many of Britain's swimming pools face closure due to spiralling energy costs – the alternative is a properly-funded system that treats them as a public good.
Shipping Chaos Is the Latest Sign that Capitalism Is Eating Itself
Capitalism rests on a network of privately-owned infrastructure, with shipping at its heart – but now the industry is in chaos as the profiteering of rentier corporations sends the world system into meltdown.
Remembering John Browne
John Browne, who died last month aged 71, spent his life fighting for workers on Preston Council, built solidarity movements with oppressed people from South Africa to Palestine, and never flinched from his commitment to a socialist society.
When the President Is a Crypto Bro
El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender, pledging to build a ‘Bitcoin City’ on a volcano – but the recent crash has exposed the consequences of hitching a country’s economy to crypto delusions.
BDS Is Palestine’s Only Path to Justice
Israel will face no consequences from the international community for the murder of Shireen Abu Aqleh, or its attempted cover-up afterwards – for Palestinians, justice can only be won through political struggle.
Sinn Féin’s Breakthrough Opens the Door to a United Ireland
Sinn Féin’s victory in the recent Assembly elections is the first time a nationalist party has been the largest in Northern Ireland – and as unionism disintegrates, a unity referendum looks more likely than ever.
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.