OMFG Sarkar: Should We Trust a “woke” Theresa May on Race?
Ash Sarkar assesses May’s pledge to release data on the racial pay gap, and explains why austerity is an anti-racist issue.
TyskySour Audio: The Manifesto, It’s Beautiful
On TyskySour, Michael and Aaron chat insurgent campaigns, polls, and Labour's blueprint for socialism.
3 Reasons to Retract Your Child’s Nationality Data From the School Census
Clare Hymer
Over the weekend, a number of adverts appeared at bus stops and on tube lines across London calling for a boycott of the school census. Here are three reasons to retract your child’s nationality data from the census by 18 May.
How to End Prisons
On #KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Sam Lamble and Kuchenga to discuss prison abolition, racialised capitalism, transformative justice and Orange is the New Black.
IMOBastani: Karl Marx? He Was Right.
The British media recently castigated John McDonnell for admitting he had read Karl Marx. But there’s just one problem with that – he’s never been more relevant.
How Young Voters Could Defeat the Tories in Key Marginals
Mark McDonagh and Claire Frank
People aged 18-24 are least likely to vote on 8 June, and it's no coincidence they're the demographic most disillusioned with mainstream politics. In a this original study, Mark McDonagh and Claire Frank show how young people could significantly alter the predicted outcome of this general election.
4 Reasons the Tories Have Been Bad for Education
Danny Rees
Education! Education! Education! Education! Teacher Danny Rees explains why a vote for the Tories is a vote against learning.
Long Read: I Was Forcibly Removed From the UK on a Charter Flight
John, a former detainee.
A member of Freed Voices recounts his gut wrenching experience of being indefinitely detained, then removed from
Interview: OCTOBER: China Miéville on the Russian Revolution – Video
James Butler speaks with China Miéville on his new narrative history of the Russian revolutions of 1917, ‘OCTOBER’, and on revolution, social sadism, and apocalypse.
Novara FM: OCTOBER: China Miéville on the Russian Revolution
China Miéville joins James Butler to talk about his new narrative history of 1917, OCTOBER.
Novara FM: Talking Heads: Media and Politics
Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the British press, media during the election, and the relationship between media, truth and politics.
IMOBastani: We Don’t Need a Low Tax Economy for the Rich
Today Labour’s draft election manifesto was leaked. Many policies in it, from eliminating tuition fees to building new social housing, will be paid through increasing tax on high income earners and the profits of large corporations. Higher tax in these areas wouldn’t make Britain the exception, it would make it normal.
4 Ways Lynton Crosby Will Manipulate Another British Election
Stephen Howard
The Tories' election strategist Lynton Crosby has a history of cheap, dirty and effective tactics. Here's what the left is up against.
IMOBastani: The System Is Rigged
From Britain’s media, to its economy and politics – the system is rigged.
F.E.M.M.E
On #KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Victoria Sin, Juno Mac and Travis Alabanza to discuss femme as radical politics, femininities, and whether femme threatens feminism.
The Liberal Centre Will Not Hold. Halting the Far-Right Requires a Different Social Model
David Broder
Yesterday's French presidential election was a necessary slap in the face to the far-right Front National, but the victory of Emmanuel Macron doesn't represent the 'return to normal' many centrists have been hoping for.
Interview: Aurelien Mondon’s First Thoughts on the French Elections
Michael Walker (The Fix) spoke to Aurelien Mondon (University of Bath) about the defeat of Marine Le Pen in the French Presidential elections by Emmanuel Macron.
Long Read: “Target/Tackle”: A Hostile Environment for the Homeless
North East London Migrant Action
Three of the UK’s biggest homelessness charities are collaborating with Home Office immigration enforcement teams on the detention and deportation of European rough sleepers.