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Opinion: The 2020 Budget Shows the Tories Are Playing by New Rules

Aaron Bastani

Did Rishi Sunak just end austerity? No. Is Britain adequately preparing for the panoply of crises set to define the coming decades? Also no. But make no mistake, writes Aaron Bastani, this was the first Tory budget since 2010 to abandon the neoliberal frame of ‘necessity', demonstrating how Labour under Corbyn won certain arguments.

Opinion: Taxing Times: With the Economy Unravelling, We Need a Budget for the Green New Deal

Adrienne Buller and Miriam Brett

Released amid a collapsing stock market and plunging oil prices, Wednesday's budget is unlikely to meet the challenges ahead, particularly on the climate, write Adrienne Buller and Miriam Brett. A systems crisis demands a systems response, and overhauling the design of the tax system is central to this.

Opinion: No Wonder Priti Patel Is a Bully, She’s Just Practicing Her Politics

Harriet Williamson

Priti Patel has been accused of bullying staff in several government departments. But news of the home secretary's bad behaviour should come as no surprise; abuse is an inherent part of the Conservative ideology, argues Harriet Williamson.

internationalwomensday.com Is a Corporate Hijack

Rosa Campbell

Google ‘international women’s day’ and the first hit that comes up is internationalwomensday.com. Despite looking the part, the site is an exercise in corporate co-option, promoting international companies with a history of exploitative labour practices, writes Rosa Campbell.

By Our Bootstraps: Why Tech Needs the Left and the Left Needs Tech

Ciaran Daly

We have the ability - today, right now - to build tech tools that can empower both spontaneous and long-lasting political change, writes journalist Ciaran Daly. It’s time to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.

Opinion: People With Mental Health Problems Should Be Able to Talk About Politics, Not Just Their Conditions

Harriet Williamson

People with mental ill health are encouraged to talk about their conditions, but they are often discouraged from addressing the political agenda that has both increased mental illness and left sufferers without recourse to services, writes journalist and advocate Harriet Williamson.

Opinion: Nobody Will Admit It, but Britain and America Were Defeated in Afghanistan

Aaron Bastani

Britain and America lost the war in Afghanistan, argues Aaron Bastani, but our media, and many of the politicians who cheered on an utterly senseless conflict, refuse to say it. As long as that remains the case we are likely doomed to repeat the same mistakes again and again.

Revolution and Chill: the Anticapitalist Streaming Service That’s Netflix for the 99%

Charlotte England

The filmmakers behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's viral campaign video want to create a media institution for the left - not just a cooperatively-owned, transparently-funded alternative to algorithmically generated imperialist programming, but also a a way to build power alongside electoral movements. Charlotte England finds out more.

Opinion: Angela Rayner’s Record on Education Is a Warning to the Left

Sol Gamsu

Having a good backstory and performing well in the media only goes so far, argues Sol Gamsu. What matters in the end is politics.

Opinion: With a US Trade Deal Threatening NHS Drug Prices, could Public Pharma Save Us From Big Pharma?

Sammy Luney

Donald Trump wants the NHS to pay more for drugs. Instead we should make our own, argues junior doctor Sammy Luney.

How the US Far Right Are Trying to Interfere in Labour’s Leadership Election

Aaron Bastani

Turning Point UK - the British version of a US group with extensive links to the far right - has spent £15,000 on Facebook ads attacking the Labour party and, in particular, leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey, reveals Aaron Bastani.

Opinion: The Criminalisation of Solidarity With Rojava Should Worry Us All

Iida Käyhkö

The arrest of British YPG recruit Dan Newey's father and brother shines a light on the government's escalating campaign to criminalise people travelling to Northern Syria to join the Rojava revolution, writes Iida Käyhkö.

Opinion: Populist Austerity – This Is the Real Johnsonomics

Phil Jones

With the government nationalising Northern Rail and floating the idea of a mansion tax, what looks to some like a move to the left for the Conservatives, is in fact populist austerity in action, argues Phil Jones.

Opinion: Marketising the Mental Health Crisis: How the CBT Empire-Builders Colonised the NHS

Paul Atkinson

New Labour's flagship talking therapy service, IAPT, has become an empire, offering assembly-line state therapy to a society suffering the mental ill-health of late stage capitalism, writes psychotherapist Paul Atkinson.

Opinion: The Government’s Inadequate Response to Flooding Is Further Proof It ‘just doesn’t get’ Climate Change

Hannah Martin

Storm Dennis and Storm Ciara are just the latest in a string of increasingly severe weather events that have devastated entire regions, caused mass travel disruption, and confirmed that the UK government has no coherent or credible plan for the challenges our changing climate will inevitably bring, writes Hannah Martin.

International: Miners in Georgia Are Staging Wildcat Strikes in a Bid to Survive As Their Working Conditions Worsen

In pictures: Manganese in one of Eastern Europe's hippest new travel destinations are dying as a result of poor working conditions, entrenched by decades of neoliberal reform. Volodya Vagner reports on the workers fighting back.

Long Read: What’s the Deal With the Green New Deal?

Alex Wood

In this long read, sociologist Alex Wood explores the limitations of current discussions around the green new deal, and asks what it would take to make the programme reflect workers' everyday experiences of capitalism.

Report: ‘If anything is worth stopping, this is’: Activists Say They Will Fight Harder, As Johnson Backs HS2

Greg Frey

Boris Johnson has approved the controversial high speed rail link connecting London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, despite revelations about the cost of the project and the threat it poses to the environment. Greg Frey reports on the movement to stop HS2.

Opinion: The 2020 Budget Shows the Tories Are Playing by New Rules

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Taxing Times: With the Economy Unravelling, We Need a Budget for the Green New Deal

Adrienne Buller and Miriam Brett

Opinion: No Wonder Priti Patel Is a Bully, She’s Just Practicing Her Politics

Harriet Williamson

internationalwomensday.com Is a Corporate Hijack

Rosa Campbell

By Our Bootstraps: Why Tech Needs the Left and the Left Needs Tech

Ciaran Daly

Opinion: People With Mental Health Problems Should Be Able to Talk About Politics, Not Just Their Conditions

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Nobody Will Admit It, but Britain and America Were Defeated in Afghanistan

Aaron Bastani

Revolution and Chill: the Anticapitalist Streaming Service That’s Netflix for the 99%

Charlotte England

Opinion: Angela Rayner’s Record on Education Is a Warning to the Left

Sol Gamsu

Opinion: With a US Trade Deal Threatening NHS Drug Prices, could Public Pharma Save Us From Big Pharma?

Sammy Luney

How the US Far Right Are Trying to Interfere in Labour’s Leadership Election

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: The Criminalisation of Solidarity With Rojava Should Worry Us All

Iida Käyhkö

Opinion: Populist Austerity – This Is the Real Johnsonomics

Phil Jones

Opinion: Marketising the Mental Health Crisis: How the CBT Empire-Builders Colonised the NHS

Paul Atkinson

Opinion: The Government’s Inadequate Response to Flooding Is Further Proof It ‘just doesn’t get’ Climate Change

Hannah Martin

International: Miners in Georgia Are Staging Wildcat Strikes in a Bid to Survive As Their Working Conditions Worsen

Volodya Vagner

Long Read: What’s the Deal With the Green New Deal?

Alex Wood

Report: ‘If anything is worth stopping, this is’: Activists Say They Will Fight Harder, As Johnson Backs HS2

Greg Frey

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Opinion: The 2020 Budget Shows the Tories Are Playing by New Rules

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Taxing Times: With the Economy Unravelling, We Need a Budget for the Green New Deal

Adrienne Buller and Miriam Brett

Opinion: No Wonder Priti Patel Is a Bully, She’s Just Practicing Her Politics

Harriet Williamson

internationalwomensday.com Is a Corporate Hijack

Rosa Campbell

By Our Bootstraps: Why Tech Needs the Left and the Left Needs Tech

Ciaran Daly

Opinion: People With Mental Health Problems Should Be Able to Talk About Politics, Not Just Their Conditions

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Nobody Will Admit It, but Britain and America Were Defeated in Afghanistan

Aaron Bastani

Revolution and Chill: the Anticapitalist Streaming Service That’s Netflix for the 99%

Charlotte England

Opinion: Angela Rayner’s Record on Education Is a Warning to the Left

Sol Gamsu

Opinion: With a US Trade Deal Threatening NHS Drug Prices, could Public Pharma Save Us From Big Pharma?

Sammy Luney

How the US Far Right Are Trying to Interfere in Labour’s Leadership Election

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: The Criminalisation of Solidarity With Rojava Should Worry Us All

Iida Käyhkö

Opinion: Populist Austerity – This Is the Real Johnsonomics

Phil Jones

Opinion: Marketising the Mental Health Crisis: How the CBT Empire-Builders Colonised the NHS

Paul Atkinson

Opinion: The Government’s Inadequate Response to Flooding Is Further Proof It ‘just doesn’t get’ Climate Change

Hannah Martin

International: Miners in Georgia Are Staging Wildcat Strikes in a Bid to Survive As Their Working Conditions Worsen

Volodya Vagner

Long Read: What’s the Deal With the Green New Deal?

Alex Wood

Report: ‘If anything is worth stopping, this is’: Activists Say They Will Fight Harder, As Johnson Backs HS2

Greg Frey

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