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Of Course Tony Blair Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan – He’s Still Profiting Off Interventionism

by Joe Duffy

Not content with having kept the plates of global warfare spinning whilst in office, Tony Blair has spent his post-Downing Street years selling his services to the highest authoritarian bidder and banging the drum for perpetual military interventions.

Marsha de Cordova MP and local councillor Aydin Dikerdem pose for a photograph in front of the new Nine Elms Tube station

Opinion: I Have Mixed Feelings About South London’s New Tube Stations

by Aydin Dikerdem

The shiny new development was paid for with money meant for affordable housing, writes local Labour councillor Aydin Dikerdem.

five women standing next to one another at a protest

Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?

by Joana Ramiro

As a 20-something Marxist, Joana Ramiro began to notice the ranks of her women comrades shrinking. Now in her 30s, she gets why.

Joe Biden walks in front of an American flag that occupies the entire background

Analysis: Western Elites Aren’t Mourning the Loss of Afghan Life, but of Their Own Power

by David Wearing

The west has suffered another humiliating defeat in the bogus “war on terror”, writes David Wearing, and the warmongers aren’t taking it well.

Long Read: How the Anti-Trans Movement is Weaponising Gay Liberation

by James Greig

'Gender critical' feminists like to portray queer history as toothless and exclusionary - conveniently forgetting that gay lib has always been a movement that embraces all marginalised groups.

A grey short-haired cat sitting on a white duvet stares into a laptop, against a blue curtain background

Feature: We’re All Working, All the Time

by Polly Smythe

Long before the pandemic, remote working had created the expectation that workers be “always on”. It’s time we fought for our right to switch off, writes Polly Smythe.

Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer, two Green party co-leadership candidates, standing in front of the Houses of Parliament

Analysis: Finally, a Green Party Leadership Race Worth Following

by Ell Folan

After the sudden resignation of both co-leaders, the Greens have been plunged into their most fractious leadership contest yet. It's going to be a battle - and not just over trans rights.

An image of Boris Johnson dressed as a clown graffitied onto a brick wall

Opinion: This Isn’t Just About Universal Credit – Our Entire Benefits System Is a Joke

by Andrew Fisher

While the campaign to cancel the £20 cut to Universal Credit is welcome, we risk atomising our struggle against a broken system, argues Andrew Fisher.

Opinion: Judith Butler’s Censorship by the Guardian Shows Who’s Really Being Silenced in the Fight for Trans Rights

by Moya Lothian-McLean

Despite ‘gender critical’ feminists' cries that they are being censored, the Guardian cutting a sizeable chunk of its interview with gender theorist Judith Butler shows which side is really being subjected to the violence of silence in the battle for trans liberation.

Opinion: David Graeber’s Archive Should Continue to Uphold the Ideas He Championed in Life

by Nika Dubrovsky

When he died, David Graeber left behind an enormous archive. His wife, Nika Dubrovsky, considers how to deal with it in a way that continues the collaborative spirit he enacted and upheld throughout his life.

Report: How We Won: the Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law

by Sophie K Rosa

Ending a six-year battle, feminist campaigners in Uganda have overturned a law designed to criminalise pornography, but which ended up criminalising women’s sexuality. While this victory is undoubtedly important, there is a bigger war to be fought, they say.

Boris Johnson paints the words 'social care' on a cup in a care home

Opinion: An Ageing Society is As Big an Issue As Climate Change

by Aaron Bastani

Societal ageing poses a profound challenge to our economic model, writes Aaron Bastani. Raising national insurance contributions won't scratch the surface of a social care crisis that has only just begun.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer laughs with deputy party leader Angela Rayner whilst on the election campaign trail in Birmingham.

Opinion: The National Insurance Hike is Class Warfare. Why Won’t Labour Say So?

by James Meadway

This mask-off moment is an opportunity for Labour to dispel the myth of the Tories as the party of workers. Instead all we're getting are mealy-mouthed, half-hearted critiques, argues James Meadway.

Afghan women's rights defenders and civil activists protest to call on the Taliban for the preservation of their achievements and education, in front of the presidential palace in Kabul

Opinion: Afghan Women Are Doing What They’ve Always Done: Resist

by Rawi, Madina Wardak, Sonita Alizada

Throughout Afghanistan's history of foreign occupation and fundamentalist rule, one thing has been constant: women’s resistance. Sophie K Rosa spoke to three Afghan feminists about their fight for liberation.

Opinion: Workplace Struggles and Plans for Government Must Go Hand in Hand

Unite’s new general secretary Sharon Graham has promised to prioritise industrial struggle over internal Labour politics. This is a good thing, argues James Meadway – but the post-Corbyn left shouldn't altogether turn its back on aspirations of running the country.

Analysis: For David Graeber, Theory and Action Were Inseparable

by Thomas Swann

David Graeber lived his political values - and through everyday acts of communism, he argued, many of us do too.

Opinion: On Losing Perspective, Or, Why I Don’t Give a Fuck About Geronimo the Alpaca and nor Should You

by Rachel Connolly

From blaming everything on capitalism to calling everyone "toxic", it's time we collectively got a grip, argues Rachel Connolly.

Opinion: David Graeber’s Real Contribution to Occupy Wall Street Wasn’t a Phrase – It Was a Process

by Marisa Holmes

Far more significant than his co-creation of the phrase "We are the 99%", David Graeber gave Occupy Wall Street the very democratic values that underpinned it.