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Nobody Cares What Your New Year Resolutions Are, So You Might As Well Do Something You Enjoy

Rachel Connolly

So often, new year resolutions are an attempt at self-improvement. They’re also an attempt to forget that so much of human life is meaningless, writes Rachel Connolly.

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The Land-Hoarding Elite Should Be Paying the Rest of Us Rent

Philip Goff

It’s time to radically overhaul how we think about property rights, argues philosopher Philip Goff. We need a universal rent.

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Shoplifters of the World, Unite!

Seth Wheeler

Ever stolen Christmas presents for your family? You stand in a long tradition of working-class pilfering – but proletarian shopping could be stronger with collective organisation, argues Seth Wheeler.

Succession is the Perfect Eulogy for a Dying Republic

Aaron Bastani

With its third season coming to a close, Aaron Bastani argues that HBO's Succession is an apt portrayal of a republic in terminal decline.

Want Drug Policies That Actually Work? Look at Portugal

Joana Ramiro

The UK government just announced a string of reactionary measures as part of a ten-year 'new drugs strategy'. But if it actually wanted to start tackling drug use effectively, it’d follow Portugal’s lead and decriminalise them all, argues Joana Ramiro.

The Police Bill Just Got Even Worse

Sam Knights

The police bill was already an attack on democracy. Now the government is trying to rush through last-minute amendments to criminalise protest even further. Sam Knights explains.

University Students, Get Your Asses on the Picket Line

Zac Larkham

The ongoing UCU strikes have had a mixed reception from students. But learning conditions depend on the strikes' success, writes student organiser Zac Larkham.

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The Government’s New Depression Treatments Are a Scam

Paul Atkinson

The government’s 'progressive' new depression treatment plan, which involves fewer antidepressants and more talking therapy, is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, writes Paul Atkinson.

How to Navigate Britain’s Broken Trans Healthcare System

OS Warren

You wait five years for a gender identity clinic appointment and once you’re in, it’s a nightmare. OS Warren offers strategies for navigating our punitive trans healthcare system.

Sajid Javid Wants Us to Believe Oximeters Create Racism

Shanice McBean

Last week the health secretary launched an investigation into racial bias in medical technologies. It's certainly easier than investigating the real reasons for disproportionate Black deaths during the pandemic, writes Shanice McBean.

Coronavirus Isn’t Going Anywhere

James Meadway

The Omicron variant is just the latest reminder that Covid-19 is here to stay. The left must strategise accordingly, writes James Meadway.

The Omicron Variant Shows Big Pharma Won’t End the Pandemic

Tim Bierley

The development of Covid-19 vaccines was a huge boost for the pharmaceutical industry’s reputation. But the arrival of the Omicron variant makes it clearer than ever that a big pharma-led response to the pandemic won’t work, writes Tim Bierley.

Labour MPs Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana pose for a photo at a restaurant

Islamophobia Isn’t Ingrained in British Culture – It’s Fed to Us From the Top

Zarah Sultana

Zarah Sultana expected anti-Muslim hatred when she became an MP. She also knew exactly who’d be whipping it up. A new report proves her right.

Is Welsh Labour Really All That?

Jack Kellam

This week’s Senedd deal is evidence of ‘clear red water’ between UK and Welsh Labour, according to some socialists outside of Wales. But a closer look at Welsh Labour’s record shows the left should put its hope for radical reform in movements beyond the party, argues Jack Kellam.

We, Goldsmiths Staff, Are Striking for the Future of Our Universities

Goldsmiths UCU Finance Working Group

When a new warden was appointed at Goldsmiths in 2019, she promised to continue the university’s ‘progressive’ legacy. Two years later, she faces massive industrial action. A group of striking workers explain.

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To Solve Britain’s Mental Health Crisis, We Must Fundamentally Change Society

Mark Brown

Progressives still wishfully think that upping budgets will solve the problem. We need to think much, much bigger, writes mental health journalist Mark Brown.

Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Without safe ways to come to the UK, migrants will keep drowning in the Channel, writes Zoe Gardner.

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Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language

Liam O'Dell

It’s 2021 and the UK still has no sign language GCSE. Deaf journalist Liam O'Dell asks: could the Tories care less about us?

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