Tag: capitalism
Analysis: Ending Vaccine Apartheid Won’t End the Pandemic
by James Meadway
Opinion: Molly-Mae Hague Just Exposed Influencer Culture for the Thatcherite Poison It Is
by Anna Cafolla
Opinion: Nobody Cares What Your New Year Resolutions Are, So You Might As Well Do Something You Enjoy
by Rachel Connolly
The Bastani Factor: Was Jesus Christ a Socialist Revolutionary?
For conservatives he is viewed as a source of inspiration, with some even claiming he was an advocate of the free market. But what did Jesus really preach two thousand years ago? Despite the rise of the religious right in recent decades, Aaron Bastani asks whether the central figure in the Christian faith was in […]
Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial
Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.
Downstream: Why Are All the Baddies Disabled?
From ancient myths through to the Batman trilogy, pop culture is littered with disabled people and those with facial differences being cast as villains. Why does disability feature so heavily in literary and cinematic traditions, and how has this hypervisiblity had the ironic effect of erasing the experiences of disabled people? Ash Sarkar is joined […]
Downstream: The Capitalist War Being Waged on Disabled People
Opinion: Disability Politics Are Anticapitalist Politics
by Ellen Clifford
Ash Wednesday: Why Owning Stuff Is Better Than Working
Is there such a thing as a good landlord? Britain is being held hostage by a class of people whose only talent is owning stuff, and extracting money from people who don’t. Rents have doubled in the decade following the financial crisis, and the average house price is between 8 and 14 times the average […]
Analysis: Dave’s Latest Album Demands That Black British Music Be Taken Seriously
by Kojo Koram
Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?
by Joana Ramiro
Analysis: Generation Left Might Not Be That Left After All
by James Meadway
Opinion: We’re Burnt Out – and Unless We Demand a New Normal, We Will Be Forever
by Sophie K Rosa
Opinion: Wannabe-Bond Villain Billionaires Are Launching Us Into a New Era of Cosmic Colonialism
by Joe Duffy
The Bastani Factor: What the British Really Did to India
From famine to deindustrialisation and paying for the world’s largest army, there were no advantages in being part of the British Empire. Aaron Bastani on what the British really did to India.
Analysis: Neoliberalism is Dead – and Something Even Worse is Taking Its Place
by James Meadway
Analysis: No, Big Oil Still Doesn’t Care About Saving the Planet
by Connor Woodman
The viability of the coal, oil and gas industries is a hot topic in elite capitalist circles. But despite appearances, shareholders aren't too worried about planetary collapse – just maximising their profits in the decades to come, writes Connor Woodman.