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Opinion Journalism Is Now Mostly Liberal Hand-Wringing and Racist Dog-Whistles

Juliet Jacques

Comment journalism once seemed a genuinely dynamic, democratic form. Now it’s mostly overpaid Times columnists sugarcoating fascism and Guardian grandees putting themselves on the wrong side of history, writes Juliet Jacques.

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Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists

Adam Ramsay

The telegenic eco-socialist has triggered an explosion of interest in the Green party, and a parallel growth in membership. Now he needs to translate enthusiasm into activity, writes Adam Ramsay.

Israel’s Illegal Interception of the Gaza Aid Flotilla Is an Affront to Human Decency

Jeremy Corbyn

Israel’s detention of hundreds of peaceful activists - including my constituent, Novara Media’s Kieran Andrieu - is both a violation of their human rights and a further act of cruelty against the people of Gaza. But the movement for Palestine is never going away, writes Jeremy Corbyn.

I’ve Been Kidnapped by Israel in International Waters

Kieran Andrieu

Novara Media journalist Kieran Andrieu has been illegally detained by Israel for trying to deliver baby formula, food and medicine to Gaza.

Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader addressing Glastonbury festival attendees from the Pyramid Stage in June 2017. Reuters/Dylan Martinez

The New Party Fallout Shows That Hero-Worship Gets Us Nowhere

Michael Chessum

The public split between Your Party co-founders Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana shows how building mass movements around leftwing celebrities doesn’t work, argues Michael Chessum.

Israel Is Trying to Smear the Gaza Aid Flotilla As ‘Terrorists’. We Must Not Let It

Yanis Varoufakis

Hundreds of brave doctors, lawyers, journalists and parliamentarians are sailing to Gaza to break Israel's illegal blockade. By smearing them as 'Hamas', Israel is preparing to attack, writes Yanis Varoufakis.

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Politicians Should Step Aside and Let Members Run the New Left Party

Jonas Marvin & Shanice McBean

Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s power struggles are squandering a historic opportunity to build a mass party of the left. That’s why we support the democratic challenge to take over its leadership, write Jonas Marvin and Shanice McBean.

The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Any analysis of the political situation in the UK that does not account for the media is so incomplete as to be useless, argues Phil McDuff.

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Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Liberals and lobby journalists jubilated last year when the grownups were finally put back in charge. Now, Starmer’s future and indeed Labour’s seem as certain as an iceberg lettuce, writes Joe Guinan.

Forget Movement-Building – the New Party Should Be the Ukip of the Left

Lewis Bassett

Some have argued that Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s new initiative should build its own institutions. Really, it should focus on influencing popular discourse and existing power structures - just like Ukip did, writes Lewis Bassett.

A portrait of Zack Polanski by Magdalena Siwicka

Zack Polanski’s Win Is the Kick up the Arse the Left Needs

James Meadway

The left has four years to stop Nigel Farage from becoming prime minister. Polanski’s Green leadership win is the starting gun on a race we must win, writes James Meadway.

Anti-immigration demonstrators display Union Jack and England flags as they gather outside a hotel in Altrincham, 8 August 2025. Phil Noble/Reuters

Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

The race rioters who burned out a car at the end of my street in Middlesbrough last summer were outnumbered the very next day by locals who came out to sweep up the glass, writes Phil McDuff.

Zack Polanski Has Started a Fight in the Green Party, and That’s a Good Thing

Adam Ramsay

The would-be leader’s populist style and socialist proposals have upset a party establishment that has historically avoided conflict. Turns out a battle of ideas was just what the party needed, writes Adam Ramsay.

A anti-immigration protester in Epping, Essex. Jaimi Joy/Reuters

These Six Media Lies Are Stoking the Anti-Migrant Protests

Simon Childs

The Sun published a report claiming asylum seekers are enjoying discounted boat rides, while the Mail on Sunday says the UK is in the midst of a ‘migrant crime wave’. Neither is true. Simon Childs reports.

Why Did the Guardian Run an Unverified Antisemitism Story?

Rivkah Brown

A man claimed to be the victim of an antisemitic mob. His alleged assailants say he instigated the altercation, calling Arabic-speaking patrons ‘terrorists’. The Guardian printed one side of the story, and it went viral. This is how hysteria is manufactured, writes Rivkah Brown.

A woman in a grey hijab holds up her phone to take a photograph. The phone has a sticker on the back that says "Free Gaza".

The Online Safety Act Has Nothing to Do With Child Safety and Everything to Do With Censorship

Kate Sim

Within hours of Ofcom enforcing the new law last week, Gaza and Ukraine content was being blocked, while pickup artist content and child modelling sites weren’t. That’s entirely by design, writes Kate Sim.

The Palestine Action Ban Has Had a Chilling Effect on the Press. It Must Be Overturned

Charlotte England

Novara Media told a high court judge how the proscription of Palestine Action has inhibited our journalism. He must allow a judicial review, writes Charlotte England.

The New Party Must Do More Than Win Elections

Joe Todd

Any new left party is doomed to fail unless it commits itself to rebuilding its social base, argues Joe Todd.

Opinion Journalism Is Now Mostly Liberal Hand-Wringing and Racist Dog-Whistles

Juliet Jacques

Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists

Adam Ramsay

Israel’s Illegal Interception of the Gaza Aid Flotilla Is an Affront to Human Decency

Jeremy Corbyn

The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Zack Polanski’s Win Is the Kick up the Arse the Left Needs

James Meadway

Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

Zack Polanski Has Started a Fight in the Green Party, and That’s a Good Thing

Adam Ramsay

Why Did the Guardian Run an Unverified Antisemitism Story?

Rivkah Brown

The Palestine Action Ban Has Had a Chilling Effect on the Press. It Must Be Overturned

Charlotte England

The New Party Must Do More Than Win Elections

Joe Todd

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Opinion Journalism Is Now Mostly Liberal Hand-Wringing and Racist Dog-Whistles

Juliet Jacques

Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists

Adam Ramsay

Israel’s Illegal Interception of the Gaza Aid Flotilla Is an Affront to Human Decency

Jeremy Corbyn

I’ve Been Kidnapped by Israel in International Waters

Kieran Andrieu

The New Party Fallout Shows That Hero-Worship Gets Us Nowhere

Michael Chessum

Israel Is Trying to Smear the Gaza Aid Flotilla As ‘Terrorists’. We Must Not Let It

Yanis Varoufakis

Politicians Should Step Aside and Let Members Run the New Left Party

Jonas Marvin & Shanice McBean

The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Forget Movement-Building – the New Party Should Be the Ukip of the Left

Lewis Bassett

Zack Polanski’s Win Is the Kick up the Arse the Left Needs

James Meadway

Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

Zack Polanski Has Started a Fight in the Green Party, and That’s a Good Thing

Adam Ramsay

These Six Media Lies Are Stoking the Anti-Migrant Protests

Simon Childs

Why Did the Guardian Run an Unverified Antisemitism Story?

Rivkah Brown

The Online Safety Act Has Nothing to Do With Child Safety and Everything to Do With Censorship

Kate Sim

The Palestine Action Ban Has Had a Chilling Effect on the Press. It Must Be Overturned

Charlotte England

The New Party Must Do More Than Win Elections

Joe Todd

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