Long Read

Cut the Rent: Striking Students on the Front Lines of the Housing Crisis

Anabel Bennett-López

Sunday Long Read: Rent-striking students at UCL show no signs of capitulating, and could even escalate their action before the academic year is up. Could the rent strike be the survival tactic needed to tackle the UK's housing crisis?

The Empire Strikes Back: On Britain, Syria, and Military Involvement

Julian Ratcliffe

Sunday Long Read: While Corbyn became embroiled in the specifics of the case for British airstrikes in Syria, comments from a prominent Tory demonstrated the Empire-era worldview still held by Conservatives.

Rebuilding Radical Unionism: An Organiser’s Notes

an Anonymous Organiser

Sunday Long Read: Despite the UK's wealth, a substantial section of the workforce works for less than it takes to get by. Low levels of worker solidarity make it hard to see a way out, which means we need a radical union movement more than ever.

Tesla, iPad Socialism and the Return of the Future

Aaron Bastani

Sunday Long Read: Over the last year much has been made of the role of technology in the realisation of a left future, but if 'iPad socialism' is to become more than a slogan, it will be public - not private - funding that makes it happen.

What is POPS and Why is it Bad for the City?

Owen Vince

Sunday Long Read: Increasingly, land we assume to be public is being turned over to private hands. Privately owned public space (or POPS) is transforming cities across the country, blurring boundaries between the common, the private and the state.

Sexual Assault and Public Apathy on London Public Transport

Ruth Ehrlich

Sunday Long Read: A recent viral video encouraged people to report sexual assault on public transport, but this personal account shows the systems in place to tackle the problem are not working. Content warning.

Rewrite or Escape the EU? Two Strategies from Southern Europe

Steve Rushton

Sunday Long Read: The rise of Podemos in last week’s Spanish election brings questions of EU membership back into the frame. What can we learn from Greek and Catalan radicals ahead of the UK’s referendum?

‘No one represents us’: On the Links Between Podemos and the Indignados

Carlos Delclós

Sunday Long Read: Spain goes to the polls today for the first time since 2011 and the year of the indignados. Podemos, often touted as the party of the indignados, has had a difficult year but is on course for a comeback.

Coming Home? Labour and the Unions

Edd Mustill

Sunday Long Read: Following Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership election, the Fire Brigades Union has voted to re-affiliate to the party, opening up old and new questions about the nature of the union-Labour link.

On Airstrikes

James Butler

Sunday Long Read: The parliamentary vote to bomb Syria has provoked indignant rage across the country. Why is the case for airstrikes so shaky, who our Cameron’s allies and what support can we offer those in - and fleeing from - the region?

ASR-Hole, Period Drama and Osborne’s Blood Money

Cameron Holleran

Sunday Long Read: The autumn spending review revealed Osborne will maintain the loathsome tampon tax and offer the cash to women's charities in a pathetic attempt to patch over the disproportionate effects his welfare cuts have on women.

If we want to challenge terrorism, we need to tackle climate change

Steve Rushton

Sunday Long Read: Following the Paris attacks, the French authorities banned planned marches at the forthcoming UN Climate Conference. This is counterproductive for tackling ISIS: the climate movement needs to be listened to in order to tackle terrorism.

Up Against the Housing Gatekeepers

Izzy Koksal

Sunday Long Read: Possession orders are on the rise and landlords are lobbying to make evictions even swifter. Meanwhile, housing offices are implementing 'gatekeeping' practices to against homeless applicants.

The Labour of Memory

Shruti Iyer

Sunday Long Read: What's the purpose of public remembrance, how do we remember, and why does the future only seem to hold more mourning?

Modern Homelessness: Privatisation, Policing and Public Toilets

Alex Gabriel

Sunday Long Read: Since 2010 homelessness has soared in London. What does privatisation feel like for those forced to sleep rough?

Cut the Rent: Striking Students on the Front Lines of the Housing Crisis

Anabel Bennett-López

The Empire Strikes Back: On Britain, Syria, and Military Involvement

Julian Ratcliffe

Rebuilding Radical Unionism: An Organiser’s Notes

an Anonymous Organiser

Tesla, iPad Socialism and the Return of the Future

Aaron Bastani

What is POPS and Why is it Bad for the City?

Owen Vince

Sexual Assault and Public Apathy on London Public Transport

Ruth Ehrlich

Rewrite or Escape the EU? Two Strategies from Southern Europe

Steve Rushton

‘No one represents us’: On the Links Between Podemos and the Indignados

Carlos Delclós

Coming Home? Labour and the Unions

Edd Mustill

On Airstrikes

James Butler

ASR-Hole, Period Drama and Osborne’s Blood Money

Cameron Holleran

If we want to challenge terrorism, we need to tackle climate change

Steve Rushton

Up Against the Housing Gatekeepers

Izzy Koksal

The Labour of Memory

Shruti Iyer

Modern Homelessness: Privatisation, Policing and Public Toilets

Alex Gabriel

Build
people-
powered
media.

Build people-powered media.

Long Read

Cut the Rent: Striking Students on the Front Lines of the Housing Crisis

Anabel Bennett-López

The Empire Strikes Back: On Britain, Syria, and Military Involvement

Julian Ratcliffe

Rebuilding Radical Unionism: An Organiser’s Notes

an Anonymous Organiser

Tesla, iPad Socialism and the Return of the Future

Aaron Bastani

What is POPS and Why is it Bad for the City?

Owen Vince

Sexual Assault and Public Apathy on London Public Transport

Ruth Ehrlich

Rewrite or Escape the EU? Two Strategies from Southern Europe

Steve Rushton

‘No one represents us’: On the Links Between Podemos and the Indignados

Carlos Delclós

Coming Home? Labour and the Unions

Edd Mustill

On Airstrikes

James Butler

ASR-Hole, Period Drama and Osborne’s Blood Money

Cameron Holleran

If we want to challenge terrorism, we need to tackle climate change

Steve Rushton

Up Against the Housing Gatekeepers

Izzy Koksal

The Labour of Memory

Shruti Iyer

Modern Homelessness: Privatisation, Policing and Public Toilets

Alex Gabriel

Build people- powered media.

Build people-powered media.

Build
people-
powered
media.