Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived
Sophie K Rosa
As if shopping wasn't already stressful enough.
Ash Sarkar Meets Zarah Sultana. Downstream-on-Sea
At Labour Party Conference 2021 Ash Sarkar & Zarah Sultana MP shared fish and chips by Brighton Pier. They discussed why the Labour Party is so boring, being a muslim woman of colour on the left and trans rights amongst other things. Batter not miss it!
Starmer Rejects Corbyn Legacy in Conference Speech
Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial break down Keir Starmer’s conference speech.
Dave’s Latest Album Demands That Black British Music Be Taken Seriously
Kojo Koram
Guitar music doesn't have a monopoly on artistry.
Keir Starmer Is Just As Dishonest As Boris Johnson
Aaron Bastani
While the prime minister is honest about lying, the Labour leader still claims to be telling the truth.
Starmer’s Half-Hearted Power-Grab Has Weakened Him, Not That His Allies Care
Solomon Hughes
The Labour right has its eyes on a bigger prize.
Keir Starmer Rigs the Rules
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar discuss Keir Starmer’s contempt for democracy and other conference news.
Britain Needs to Get Over Its Obsession With Flat Taxes
Ell Folan
They’re outdated, regressive and deeply unchic.
The Big State Is Back, Baby
Paolo Gerbaudo
And the right is beating the left at its own game.
This Year’s the World Transformed Is the Perfect Opportunity for the Left to Rebuild Itself
Mark Montegriffo and Adele Walton
It's time to get strategising.
Labour Prepare for Battle in Brighton
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar preview Labour Party Conference 2021.
Is Labour a Lost Cause for Socialists?
For five years socialists in Britain united under the project of electing a Labour government with Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister. Since that project failed, Labour has been taken over by a new leader who has stripped the party of ideology and is rigging the rules so that the left will never have influence again.
The Government Wants Green Homes. Big Oil Has Other Ideas
Alex D King
The government's Heat and Buildings Strategy could be dead in the water.
We Must Stop Comparing Sabina Nessa’s Murder With Sarah Everard’s
Aviah Day
The politics of representation is getting us nowhere except into Twitter arguments.
Boris Johnson’s Tory Party and the Blue Wall
The last two years of Boris Johnson’s leadership have been defined by a heady mix of disaster and triumph: Brexit, a landslide election victory, a catastrophic pandemic, by-election wins and one surprising loss. What makes Johnsonism different from the Conservatism of yesteryear, and what’s coming next?
Revolt Against Starmer’s Anti-Democratic Leadership Rules
Starmer’s attempt to rig the rules for any future leadership challenge is facing a backlash from trade unions, party activists and left-wing MPs. We speak to NEC member Lara McNeil.
A Labour Council Just Greenlit the Social Cleansing of Bangladeshi Brick Lane
Maliha Reza
"This will be the final nail in the coffin for a lot of Bangladeshi voters in Tower Hamlets.”
Of Course Tony Blair Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan – He’s Still Profiting Off Interventionism
Joe Duffy
Couldn't he just take up painting like Bush?