This Isn’t Just About Universal Credit – Our Entire Benefits System Is a Joke
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.
Judith Butler’s Censorship by the Guardian Shows Who’s Really Being Silenced in the Fight for Trans Rights
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.
David Graeber’s Archive Should Continue to Uphold the Ideas He Championed in Life
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.
An Ageing Society is As Big an Issue As Climate Change
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.
The National Insurance Hike is Class Warfare. Why Won’t Labour Say So?
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 Are Doing What They’ve Always Done: Resist
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.
Workplace Struggles and Plans for Government Must Go Hand in Hand
James Meadway
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.
On Losing Perspective, Or, Why I Don’t Give a Fuck About Geronimo the Alpaca and nor Should You
Rachel Connolly
From blaming everything on capitalism to calling everyone "toxic", it's time we collectively got a grip, argues Rachel Connolly.
David Graeber’s Real Contribution to Occupy Wall Street Wasn’t a Phrase – It Was a Process
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.
How Christopher Hitchens Helped the Right Justify Its Colonial Wars
Kojo Koram
Perhaps the 21st century’s most famous atheist, Christopher Hitchens has become an almost-saintly figure in today’s culture wars. But his legacy can help us make sense of how the right frames western intervention as a spiritual and god-given mission.
Liberating Trans People Means Liberating Everyone
Shon Faye
It is only through solidarity, compassion and radical reimagining that we can build a more just and joyful world, not just for trans people, but for all of us.
Sex Work Is Not a Bullshit Job
Marin Scarlett
When so many jobs exist solely to rationalise capitalism – as the late David Graeber’s thesis argues – sex workers respond to a real demand. Simply trying to end that demand is flawed, writes Marin Scarlett in our series exploring the life and ideas of Graeber on the first anniversary of his death.
Labour’s Universal Credit Revamp Is a Step Backwards, Not Forwards
Will Stronge
Instead of fiddling with the technical details of the current universal credit system, the Labour party must embrace the opportunity to set out a new vision for a genuinely progressive welfare settlement.
Afghan Women Don’t Need White Feminism
Shahed Ezaydi
As the US withdraws from Afghanistan, brown women are once again being used to justify white violence, writes Shahed Ezaydi.
Labour’s Silence on Apsana Begum Shows How Morally Bankrupt the Party Has Become
Joshua Kelly and Sam Green
Labour’s near-total silence on Apsana Begum's case suggests the party cares more about its factional alignments than supporting a young survivor of domestic abuse.
After Afghanistan, We Need a New Kind of Foreign Policy
Aaron Bastani
Afghanistan has shown that America isn't always right. Amid the wreckage of the failed war on terror, Britain must do away with the comforting fantasy of a benevolent USA and develop a different kind of foreign policy.
Incels Aren’t a Punchline. It’s High Time We Took Them Seriously
Moya Lothian-McLean
Jake Davison’s Plymouth shooting rampage is a horrific wake-up call for Britain to finally start treating incel culture like the urgent problem it is.
The North Has Always Been at the Cutting Edge of Culture
Kojo Koram
Forget the stereotypes, red wall voters aren’t inherently culturally conservative. The north has always pioneered culture.