It’s the Housing Market, Stupid: How Property Became the Battle Line of British Politics
Samuel Earle
Our political landscape has been warped by a single asset.
Did Covid-19 Leak From a Lab?
The idea that Covid-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab was once dismissed as a conspiracy theory. However, it now has widespread appeal among mainstream politicians and scientists. What changed? We speak to Stephen Buranyi.
Afterburn
Kate Aronoff explores climate denialism, oil companies’ predictions of the future, and the fate of the Green New Deal.
Matt Hancock Fights for His Job After Cummings Testimony
Matt Hancock has come out fighting after his honesty and competence was attacked by Dominic Cummings. With a renewed focus on failures over care homes, can the health secretary survive?
Bitcoin’s Wild Fortnight Is a Reminder of Why Crypto Won’t Replace Conventional Currencies Any Time Soon
James Meadway
Elon Musk’s whims are nothing compared to the power of central banks.
A Brief History of the Taser, the ‘Less-Lethal’ Police Weapon That Keeps Killing People
Sandeep Sandhu
The police’s most controversial weapon is even worse than you thought.
Dominic Cummings Testifies on Johnson’s Covid-19 Response
Dominic Cummings has launched an extraordinary attack on Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and the entire British establishment in hours of evidence to MPs.
What White People Can Do Next
Check your privilege. Google it. Stay in your lane. Though Black Lives Matter has politicised a new generation into antiracism, it’s not actually clear what white people are meant to do next. Ash Sarkar is joined by Emma Dabiri to talk about why liberal identity politics are a dead end, why allyship is a nonsense, […]
Keir Starmer Is Dragging Down Labour in the Polls. Is It Time the Party Cut Him Loose?
Ell Folan
The leader doesn’t need a focus group to understand what happened in May - he needs a mirror.
Did China Just End Extreme Poverty?
Aaron Bastani
Not entirely, but it's virtually the only country to have made any progress.
We Are Occupying an Israeli-Owned Arms Factory to Protest Zionist Settler Colonialism
An activist occupying an arms factory in Leicester
'We can't condone what the Israeli state is doing; we have to take a stand.'
Cummings Exposes Johnson’s Herd Immunity Plan
Dominic Cummings has attacked Johnson for lying about “herd immunity” as the government’s Covid-19 strategy. But can a top advisor credibly attack the man he was employed to advise?
The Ceasefire in Gaza Shows Us Exactly Where the Power Lies in US-Israeli Relations
David Wearing
Yes, Israel is subject to the power of its imperial patron. But Washington is also vulnerable to pressure from the pro-Palestinian left.
The Left Won’t Win the 2020s by Clinging to the Corpse of the Labour Party
Jonas Marvin
It's time to ditch the party and organise within movements.
#ACFM Trip 16: the Long ‘90s
The one where the gang remember the end of history.
Ceasefire in Gaza, but Occupation Continues
With Israeli police once again storming the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, it is clear that for Palestinians a ceasefire does not mean peace.
Get Free
Annelien De Dijn asks us: what if everything you thought you knew about freedom was wrong?
Has Keir Starmer Heard of Pasokification?
Joana Ramiro
It appears the Labour leader needs a history lesson.