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4 Ways the Labour Movement Must Move Forward on Palestine
Following an ugly and protracted battle over Labour’s adoption of the full IHRA definition of antisemitism during the summer, at party conference this year Palestinian solidarity was stronger than ever. Here are four ways the labour movement must move forward in demanding justice for Palestine.
Can Football Fans Resist the Far Right Surge?
From Tommy Robinson to the National Front to the Football Lads' Alliance, far-right organisers have long been trying to take over the beautiful game. Kieron Monks reports on football fans trying to stop the fascists once and for all.
The Tories Are Facing Oblivion
Beyond the empty seats and the putrid speeches at Tory party conference this year, a broader story is unfolding. It has been decades in the making. The Conservative party is dying, argues Aaron Bastani.
‘We’ve reached a tipping point’: Why Fast Food Workers Are Going on Strike
On Thursday 4 October fast food workers across the country are coordinating walkouts in what promises to be the first multi-workforce, national-scale hospitality industry strike in a generation. Joe Hayns caught up with some of the strikers and organisers to find out why.
Forget Surveillance Capitalism – It’s Time to Build a Digital Commons
To build a future of shared digital plenty we need to transform and democratise the ownership of data and technological infrastructure, argues Mat Lawrence.
Could a Corbyn Government Change UK Foreign Policy in Bahrain?

While we all know about Jeremy Corbyn’s support for the Palestinian struggle, his  progressive foreign policy positions do not end there. Many oppressed peoples are looking at Corbyn’s record of supporting their struggles and daring to dream about what could happen if he became UK Prime Minister. Corbyn gave us a taste at last year’s […]

Labour Must Not Contribute to the Oppression of Sex Workers. We Need Decriminalisation Now
Sex work law is literally a life or death situation. A new campaign demands Labour acknowledge – as Amnesty International, the World Health Organisation, and the United Nations have acknowledged – that decriminalisation is the safest legal model for sex workers.
Period Poverty Is Unjust. Here’s How Labour Women Will End It
One in ten teenage girls in the UK has been unable to afford sanitary products. This is a symptom of economic injustice and a matter of gender inequality. It must change now. 
The Next Seven Days Will Determine the Fate of the Corbyn Project
Following Labour’s NEC meeting yesterday, it looks like our once-in-a-generation chance to democratise one of Britain’s historic parties of government could be about to slip through our fingers. The next week will determine whether or not that will be the case, writes Aaron Bastani.
The Week Britain’s Politics Changed Forever
With the Archbishop of Canterbury describing the gig economy and zero hours contracts as “the re-incarnation of an ancient evil” and polling showing big majorities for policies once presumed politically unpalatable, it's clear the public are ready for a rupture with the status quo. The question is whether the left will step up to the plate, writes Aaron Bastani.
The Battle for Deptford and Beyond
As campaigners in south east London occupy a community garden to stop it from being demolished by Lewisham council, environmental and social concerns converge, writes Andy Worthington.
Who Wants to Build a Left-wing Private Equity Firm?
In light of John McDonnell's recent economic proposal, Dani McDonald and Ben Tippet make the case for building a greater worker democracy through transforming businesses into worker-owned cooperatives.
To Transform the World, the Left Must Look Beyond Elections
For far too long, mainstream politics has been centred around election cycles. But in order to truly transform society Labour and the left need to break free from this way of doing politics, argues Luke Dukinfield.
The Troubled History of the Two-State Solution
We need to think about an end to the Israel/Palestine conflict which means self-determination without colonial domination.
Wonga Might Be Uniquely Unscrupulous, But the Whole Commercial Banking System is Out to Get Us
With infamous payday lender Wonga on the brink of collapse, Grace Blakeley argues the company's business model may seem uniquely exploitative but its practices are merely an extreme version of a more general trend.
Want to Save the Climate Justice Movement? Join a Union
The climate justice movement has for too long been confined to the fringes of political discourse because there’s been a clear split between climate and labour organising. This urgently needs to change, argues Chris Saltmarsh.
Greece and the Politics of Fire

As prosecutors launch an inquiry into the 96 lives lost in the fires that swept through resorts east of Athens, Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou reflects on the events of last month and who was to blame.
Why Migrant and BAME Groups Are Protesting the IHRA’s Definition of Anti-Semitism
Over eighty groups representing migrants and BAME communities (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) have signed a letter urging Labour to not adopt the full IHRA definition of anti-semitism for fear it will silence critique of Israel.