Four Antisemites Won’t Stop Me Supporting Palestine
Rivkah Brown
If Jewish solidarity withers in the face of a few bigots, it is no solidarity at all.
Post-Brexit ‘Global Britain’ is Becoming a Threat to International Security
David Wearing
The government's agenda for British foreign relations is going to make us and the rest of the world a lot less safe.
Keir Starmer Is Now the Worst Person, at the Worst Moment, to Lead the Labour Party
Aaron Bastani
It almost looks like Starmer doesn't actually want to be prime minister.
Everybody is Doing Identity Politics, Even If They Think They’re Not
Ash Sarkar
Merely referring to 'the working class' every ten seconds can’t conjure a shared political identity.
It’s Win or Die for Scottish Labour. So Why Is the Party Fighting to Lose?
Finn Smyth & Coll McCail
Anas Sarwar's charisma may not be enough to bring the party back from the brink today.
Johnson’s Government is Rotten to the Core – But Does It Even Matter?
Samuel Earle
Tory corruption scandals don't make other parties seem more appealing – they just evaporate faith in the system itself.
BuzzFeed News Wanted to Be Radical – Instead It Was Mainstream Media With Listicles
Justin Schlosberg
The news brand’s failure wasn’t the result of “market forces”, but of uncritical journalism.
Labour Wants to Win Back the Working Class. The Problem Is It Has No Idea Who They Are
Joe Bilsborough
The Tories get class formation. Starmer’s Labour doesn’t.
No, Covid-19 Isn’t a Chance to ‘End HIV’
Ben Weil
This kind of thinking didn’t get us anywhere in the 1980s, and it won’t now.
Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Won’t Make Black Lives Matter
Annie Olaloku-Teriba
The carceral state murdered George Floyd. It will never deliver justice.
My Son Osime Brown Will Die If He is Deported – But the Racist State Isn’t Listening
Joan Martin
The threat of deportation is torture. When the doorbell rings, he says: “They are coming to get me.”
By Stoking Britain’s Culture War, Boris Johnson is Playing the Long Game
Samuel Earle
The Tories’ grip on society is tightening – and Labour will need more than a bigger Union Jack to stop it.
Like All Digital Parties, the Northern Independence Party Is a Reflection of Our Broken Politics
Paolo Gerbaudo
Starmer will blame the whippet party if Labour loses Hartlepool. He should start by blaming himself for the NIP's existence.
Mayors Are Blairite Nonsense and We Don’t Need Them
Owen Hatherley
More devolution, less mayors.
Labour is Running a Saudi Apologist in Hartlepool – And It Should Be a Scandal
David Wearing
Paul Williams said the Gulf state was ‘modern and progressive’ after going on a trip paid for by the regime.
The Pandemic Has Given Sex Workers a Grim Taste of Criminalisation
Vee H
During lockdown street-based sex workers were shouted at, spat at and reported to the police for seeing clients.
Prince Philip Knew One Important Thing: For Monarchies to Survive, They Must Learn to Adapt
Ash Sarkar
As the maxim goes, “everything must change, for everything to remain the same”.
Gypsies and Travellers Are Under Attack – And So Are Our Collective Freedoms
Jake Bowers
If GRT culture is stamped out, then everyone else’s liberties will be just one step behind.