Who Dreamt Up the Police Bill? The Police, Of Course
Sam Knights
It is the result of years of lobbying by the police, helped by an authoritarian state, rightwing press and pliant opposition.
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Erdogan’s Attempt to Ban Pro-Kurdish Parties Will Only Fuel the Resistance
Rosa Gilbert
The HDP, Labour's sister party in Turkey, faces its most extreme threat to date. But the broad coalition it has convened isn't going anywhere.
Can We Solve the Climate Crisis Without Ending Capitalism?
Aaron Bastani
In approaching ‘net zero’ as an engineering problem, Bill Gates promises technical solutions to climate crisis. But does he deliver?
You’ve Been Fined by the Police. What Can You Do About It?
David Renton
Police issued 32,000 fixed penalty notices in the first nine months of lockdown. Here’s a lawyer’s advice on what to do if you get one.
Even Without the ‘Vaccine Bounce’, Boris Johnson Would Still Be Winning
Samuel Earle
The pandemic has shown just how much the prime minister is able to get away with.
If Jews Don’t Count As an Ethnic Minority, It’s Because We Haven’t Always Wanted To
Joseph Finlay
Only recently has ethnic minority status become covetable. British Jews have spent much of our history avoiding it.
Vaccine Passports Could Be a Dystopian Nightmare
James Meadway
What seems like a sensible measure could be a slippery slope to a social credit system.
How We Win: The Media
James Schneider
To win the 2020s, we must tell our story. At every opportunity, socialists must make clear, emotional and positive arguments to build support for our solutions, cut through government spin and disarm the culture wars. The final part of the series How We Win.
The Dutch Left Was Savaged at the Polls – but Its Policies Remain Unscathed
Merijn Oudenampsen
An incumbent buoyed by pandemic uncertainty, the right stealing the left's thunder with redistributive policies - sound familiar?
Rising Unemployment Is Making Us Depressed. But We Are More Than Our Work
Harriet Williamson
We must separate our self-worth from our productivity.
How We Win: The World
James Schneider
Our enemies are globally networked; so must we be. The fifth part of the series How We Win, a socialist strategy for the 2020s.
Unfinished Revolutions: How Syria’s Uprising Turned Into a War
David Wearing
How We Win: The State
James Schneider
If we aren’t preparing to use power, we are preparing to have it used against us. The left needs a state strategy, starting with municipal socialism to lay the groundwork for a national programme. The fourth of the six-part series How We Win.
If We Can’t Change the Law, We’ll Break It
Rivkah Brown
Resisting the Tory protest crackdown may require ever greater acts of civil disobedience.
People Are Waking Up to the Horrors of Police Brutality. It’s Time to Build a Movement
Chardine Taylor-Stone
We’re all fighting the same beast – and it’ll take more than a few radicals to kill it.
How We Win: The Party
James Schneider
Labour is not a socialist party, particularly not with Keir Starmer as leader. Yet it remains the best vehicle for socialism we have. The third instalment of the six-part series How We Win.
How We Win: The Movements
James Schneider
Arguments are won with actions, not words. If socialist ideas are to become reality, we need power, and to generate it, we need movements. The second in the six-part series How We Win.
Tired of Greedy Landlords, Students Are Setting Up Housing Co-ops
Eloise Barry
After a wave of rent strikes, growing numbers of students are giving up on the private rented sector altogether.