Norma Waterson, who has passed away aged 82, was an immense musical talent and tireless advocate of the traditional folk music that represented the joys, hopes and struggles of the working class – the class from which she proudly came.
Rishi Sunak’s ‘rebate’ won’t stop the energy price hike driving millions into poverty. But there's an alternative: keep the current price cap, levy a windfall tax, and bring failing energy companies into public ownership.
The obscene wealth of the world's billionaires doesn't just afford them a luxury lifestyle – it gives them control over the economy the rest of us rely on to live. That's the reality of capitalism's 'free market.'
The government argues that structural racism doesn't exist, but more than half of Britain's black and Bangladeshi children grow up in poverty – a fact you can't understand without seeing racial inequality.
This week, Grace Blakeley speaks to writer Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò about how elites have captured identity politics – and how liberation movements can resist establishment co-optation.
Under Margaret Thatcher, the Tories saw housing benefit as a way to prop up private landlords – and today, it does so the tune of billions of pounds per year. It's time to build public housing instead.
In the early 2000s, right-wing tabloids latched onto the suggestion of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism – and stirred up the fear that fuels the anti-vax movement to this day.
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves recently argued that bringing utilities into public ownership wasn’t 'good value for money' – but for millions of people, privatisation has led to higher bills and worse services.
Today, Amnesty International becomes the third major human rights organisation to describe Israel as an apartheid state – a sign that international sentiment is turning against its oppression of Palestinians.
At workplaces like Amazon, algorithms have become the worst kind of boss – one who watches you constantly, makes impossible demands and then sacks you without explanation.
50 years ago today, British Paratroopers shot dead 14 unarmed civilians during a civil rights march in Derry. The massacre became a worldwide symbol of state brutality – and community resilience.
The labour shortage in hospitality has bosses panicking – it's the perfect time to unionise and force one of modern capitalism's most exploitative sectors to overhaul the way it treats its workers.