Do the Police Actually Solve Crime?
Aaron Bastani
Nine out of 10 crime reports go nowhere.
Articles
Bombers in Paris: The Arrest of Italy’s ‘Red Terrorists’ Raises the Spectre of Political Violence
James Butler
Decades after Italy’s ‘years of lead’, the left still has questions to reckon with.
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.
Labour Is Bracing Itself for a Rough Ride Next Week. What’s Actually Going to Happen?
Ell Folan
The opposition usually wins big in local elections. Starmer probably won’t.
Lula’s Back, and Bolsonaro is Feeling the Heat
Benjamin Fogel
The former president’s return is one of many things making his rival sweat.
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.
The Little-Known History of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass is More Relevant Now Than Ever
Sophie K Rosa
We must resist the Tory crackdown on our access to land.
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.”
What Does the European Super League Furore Tell Us About Modern Capitalism?
Aaron Bastani
The new league wasn't about sporting excellence - it was about solving a debt crisis.
Scramble for the Arctic: How Greenland Became the Frontier of a New Trade and Tech War
James Meadway
With its vast deposits of rare earth minerals, the island is a key battleground in a new great power contest over essential raw materials.
The Tories’ New Discipline Drive Prepares Some Kids for Work and Others for Prison
Sophie K Rosa
Young people say they are fighting 'oppression and authoritarianism' in their classrooms.
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.
The Northern Independence Party Is a Triple Threat to Labour
Ell Folan
Strong northern identity, unapologetic socialism and passionate activists - the NIP has everything Starmer doesn’t.
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.