Since the outbreak of Covid-19, criticism of the British government has focused on negligence within the UK’s own borders. But from Yemen to Iraq, Britain’s responsibility for the global death toll goes far further than is being reported, argues David Wearing.
Successful politicians need convictions, especially in moments of crisis. But whether it's on the economy, climate change, public services or racist policing, it’s unclear whether Keir Starmer actually has any, argues Aaron Bastani.
On Thursday afternoon Labour leader Keir Starmer sacked the lone leftwinger in his shadow cabinet, accusing her of antisemitism. Barnaby Raine traces a recent history of how antisemitism has been redefined by liberals and the right.
Momentum’s National Coordinating Group election has attracted huge attention in recent weeks. Keir Milburn argues it's been vital for the recomposition of the UK left - and, most importantly, has highlighted the need for a new attitude towards democracy and elections.
However bad a deal millennials might have had, it’s much worse for ‘generation Z’ or ‘zoomers’. But with climate breakdown and Black Lives Matter politicising this new generation, it increasingly feels like we’re on the brink of mass political upheaval, argues Aaron Bastani.
As lockdown lifts, experiments have shown that raves can be run safely. Despite this, the government will inevitably allow them to happen last, due to raving posing a challenge to the Tories’ staunchly neoliberal economic and moral agendas, argues academic Marie-Avril Berthet.
Long read: When and why were police forces first invented? Connor Woodman takes a look - and argues that far from protecting communities from ‘crime’, the police’s role has always been to control and discipline the working class.
There are some on the left who say we shouldn’t get distracted by the ‘culture war’, and should keep our focus on the ‘real issues’. But this distinction is often a false one, and the left needs to figure out how to fight the culture war on its own terms, argues David Wearing.
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