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Report: Racist Policing Accelerated During the Pandemic. Mounting Protests Could See It Get Even Worse

Sophie K Rosa

With racial profiling by the police accelerating under lockdown, police monitoring groups and anti-racism activists fear that in the face of intensifying protests, it may get even worse. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Opinion: The Government is Showing Its Economic Hand – and the Left Will Need a Smart Response

James Meadway

If you're still in 'austerity autopilot', it's time to snap out of it, argues James Meadway. Johnson's government has accepted the reality of ultra-low interest rates and now intends to remake the British economy in ways that will challenge the left's comfort zones.

Opinion: Global South Economies Like Zambia’s Are Being Battered by Coronavirus. We Must Write-Off Debt Now

Grace Blakeley

With coronavirus battering emerging market economies, the fate of millions of the world's poorest people hinges on a debt write-off for the global South. This must be one of the central demands of socialists internationally as the pandemic comes to an end, writes Grace Blakeley.

Analysis: Beyond Bernie: Amidst National Unrest, Can Progressive Candidates Salvage the Democratic Party?

Freddie Stuart and Aaron White

With Bernie Sanders out of the presidential race and the country exploding into civil unrest, can progressive candidates respond to the revolutionary fervour of the American people? Freddie Stuart and Aaron White take a look in the first instalment of our series on the US 2020 elections.

Report: On the Streets of Minneapolis, the Labour Movement is Supporting the Protests

Raechel Jolie

With the uprising against the murder of black American George Floyd spanning a second week, unions and other workers’ organisations are standing in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis. Raechel Jolie reports.

Opinion: To Fight the Coming Storm, the Left Needs to Learn From the Anti-Austerity Movement

The next few years are likely to see the biggest crisis of capitalism, and the biggest assault on our rights and living standards, in any of our lifetimes. What can the British left learn from the anti-austerity movement about what the fightback should look like?

Opinion: Inequality Is Worse Than We Were Told, and Our Tax System Has Been Covering It Up

Grace Blakeley

For a long time British voters have felt as though inequality is too high, but rightwingers have had a standard reply to the general public: you’re wrong. In fact, it was the figures that were wrong and peoples’ instincts that were right, writes Grace Blakeley.

Opinion: George Floyd is Now a Household Name in Britain. Why Isn’t Jimmy Mubenga?

Aaron Bastani

The killing of George Floyd has prompted outrage worldwide - including from some unexpected parts of the British media. Aaron Bastani asks why many Brits will happily acknowledge racism across the Atlantic but ignore it here at home.

Opinion: Conservative ‘Common Sense’ Lets Men Like Dominic Cummings Do What They Want

Ameya Tripathi

We must stay alert to the Conservatives' concept of ‘common sense’ - a libertarian worldview imbued with whiteness and patriarchal values, that promotes individual freedom for some, at the expense of others, writes Ameya Tripathi.

Opinion: The Pandemic is Changing How It Feels to Be Free

Keir Milburn

Coronavirus is putting the right's individualistic idea of freedom under immense strain. It is this pressure, argues Keir Milburn, that offers hope for the typically right-leaning older generation to embrace a more progressive, solidaristic kind of politics.

Opinion: The UK is Not Innocent – Police Racism Has a Long and Violent History Here Too

Wail Qasim

The murder of George Floyd is the latest in a long history of police racism and brutality in the US. But to gain a more fundamental understanding of why black people are dying at the hands of the police, we need to look closer to home, argues Wail Qasim.

Opinion: Once Again, the Government is Using Disadvantaged Children to Pursue Harmful Policies

Chloe Tomlinson

Schools are set to reopen tomorrow, with the government arguing we must make sure “the poorest and most disadvantaged pupils don’t fall behind”. Chloe Tomlinson suggests ministers are employing a familiar strategy: crying ‘think of the children’ in order to get their own way.

Report: BAME People Are More Likely to Have Been Fined for Breaking Lockdown Across the Country, FOI Data Shows

Nic Murray

Exclusive: New figures obtained by FOI request suggest police forces outside of London were 4.4 times more likely to issue £60 fines to BAME people than to white people during the first week of lockdown. Nic Murray reports.

Opinion: Dominic Cummings is a Glorified Shitposter

Phil Jones

As demonstrated by Dominic Cummings' absurd press conference, the government is turning official statements into curated acts of drivel designed to clutter the airwaves and distract the public from its failings, writes Phil Jones.

Opinion: The ‘radical nannies’ Organising to Support Each Other Through Covid-19

Veronica Deutsch

Dominic Cummings has accidentally put childcare on the agenda, writes Veronica Deutsch, but within the sector not all workers are equal. High precarity is particularly common in nannying work, and, while coronavirus has highlighted the need for better support, regulation can feel like a threat to the most vulnerable.

A Migrant With No Recourse to Public Funds on Being Made Homeless During a Pandemic

Mohammed, as told to Benjamin Morgan

Boris Johnson revealed on Wednesday that he had no idea that tens of thousands of people living in the UK are denied access to public funds, including basic welfare benefits. We spoke to a man made homeless by the no recourse to public funds policy.

Opinion: Dominic Cummings Should Be Sacked

Aaron Bastani

Dominic Cummings broke the lockdown because he thought the rules didn’t apply to him. Aaron Bastani argues he should be sacked - and if the prime minister can’t bring himself to do that, then he should go too.

Long Read: Detained Migrants Are Workers. They Belong in the Trade Union Movement

Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis

With detained migrants encouraged to work for slave wages, rather than treating them as victims devoid of agency, trade unions must instead bring them into the movement, write Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis.

Report: Racist Policing Accelerated During the Pandemic. Mounting Protests Could See It Get Even Worse

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: The Government is Showing Its Economic Hand – and the Left Will Need a Smart Response

James Meadway

Opinion: Global South Economies Like Zambia’s Are Being Battered by Coronavirus. We Must Write-Off Debt Now

Grace Blakeley

Analysis: Beyond Bernie: Amidst National Unrest, Can Progressive Candidates Salvage the Democratic Party?

Freddie Stuart and Aaron White

Report: On the Streets of Minneapolis, the Labour Movement is Supporting the Protests

Raechel Jolie

Opinion: To Fight the Coming Storm, the Left Needs to Learn From the Anti-Austerity Movement

Michael Chessum

Opinion: Inequality Is Worse Than We Were Told, and Our Tax System Has Been Covering It Up

Grace Blakeley

Opinion: George Floyd is Now a Household Name in Britain. Why Isn’t Jimmy Mubenga?

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Conservative ‘Common Sense’ Lets Men Like Dominic Cummings Do What They Want

Ameya Tripathi

Opinion: The Pandemic is Changing How It Feels to Be Free

Keir Milburn

Opinion: The UK is Not Innocent – Police Racism Has a Long and Violent History Here Too

Wail Qasim

Opinion: Once Again, the Government is Using Disadvantaged Children to Pursue Harmful Policies

Chloe Tomlinson

Report: BAME People Are More Likely to Have Been Fined for Breaking Lockdown Across the Country, FOI Data Shows

Nic Murray

Opinion: Dominic Cummings is a Glorified Shitposter

Phil Jones

Opinion: The ‘radical nannies’ Organising to Support Each Other Through Covid-19

Veronica Deutsch

A Migrant With No Recourse to Public Funds on Being Made Homeless During a Pandemic

Mohammed, as told to Benjamin Morgan

Opinion: Dominic Cummings Should Be Sacked

Aaron Bastani

Long Read: Detained Migrants Are Workers. They Belong in the Trade Union Movement

Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis

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Report: Racist Policing Accelerated During the Pandemic. Mounting Protests Could See It Get Even Worse

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: The Government is Showing Its Economic Hand – and the Left Will Need a Smart Response

James Meadway

Opinion: Global South Economies Like Zambia’s Are Being Battered by Coronavirus. We Must Write-Off Debt Now

Grace Blakeley

Analysis: Beyond Bernie: Amidst National Unrest, Can Progressive Candidates Salvage the Democratic Party?

Freddie Stuart and Aaron White

Report: On the Streets of Minneapolis, the Labour Movement is Supporting the Protests

Raechel Jolie

Opinion: To Fight the Coming Storm, the Left Needs to Learn From the Anti-Austerity Movement

Michael Chessum

Opinion: Inequality Is Worse Than We Were Told, and Our Tax System Has Been Covering It Up

Grace Blakeley

Opinion: George Floyd is Now a Household Name in Britain. Why Isn’t Jimmy Mubenga?

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Conservative ‘Common Sense’ Lets Men Like Dominic Cummings Do What They Want

Ameya Tripathi

Opinion: The Pandemic is Changing How It Feels to Be Free

Keir Milburn

Opinion: The UK is Not Innocent – Police Racism Has a Long and Violent History Here Too

Wail Qasim

Opinion: Once Again, the Government is Using Disadvantaged Children to Pursue Harmful Policies

Chloe Tomlinson

Report: BAME People Are More Likely to Have Been Fined for Breaking Lockdown Across the Country, FOI Data Shows

Nic Murray

Opinion: Dominic Cummings is a Glorified Shitposter

Phil Jones

Opinion: The ‘radical nannies’ Organising to Support Each Other Through Covid-19

Veronica Deutsch

A Migrant With No Recourse to Public Funds on Being Made Homeless During a Pandemic

Mohammed, as told to Benjamin Morgan

Opinion: Dominic Cummings Should Be Sacked

Aaron Bastani

Long Read: Detained Migrants Are Workers. They Belong in the Trade Union Movement

Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis

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