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Report: Activists Have Occupied an Abandoned High Security Police Station

Harriet Williamson

Activists have occupied the abandoned high security police station at Paddington Green, London. The successful occupation, which started on 7 February, has ambitions for creating a lasting impact in the local community. Harriet Williamson reports.

Opinion: The Jamaica Charter Flight Underscores the UK’s Broken Deportation System

Rudy Schulkind

Despite public outcry a deportation flight has forcibly removed fathers from their families, to a country some don’t even remember. Rudy Schulkind asks, how did we get here?

Opinion: Public Health Is Always Political, Coronavirus Is No Exception

Jo Sutton-Klein

When their other policies are unpopular or failing, epidemics present a chance for governments to regain support through a performance of competency and to further restrictive rightwing agendas, argues junior doctor Jo Sutton-Klein.

Opinion: Third-Sector Workers’ Grievances Point to the Shortcomings of the Charity Sector

Benjamin Morgan

St Mungo’s homelessness workers have voted to strike over employment conditions, while raising the charity’s history of working with the Home Office. Benjamin Morgan argues more third-sector workers need to make the link between their own struggles at work and charities' failures to stand up for the rights of vulnerable people.

Opinion: A Four-Day Week Is Possible

Aidan Harper

Abandoning demands for shorter working hours risks discarding a highly popular policy with the capacity to transform our society for the betterment of all, argues Aidan Harper.

Ireland’s Voters Have Delivered a Political Earthquake

Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin

In Northern Ireland's snap general election, left-wing party Sinn Féin has made huge gains, surpassing even its own expectations. Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin explore what this shock result could mean for the country.

Opinion: Electability Matters, but Its Deployment Is Political

Aaron Bastani

There's no denying that electability is crucial to a party's viability, but don’t be fooled when it’s used to avoid talking about the issues that matter, argues Aaron Bastani.

How the Sinn Féin Surge Is Shaking up Ireland’s Politics

Conor Boyes

Conor Boyes explains how Sinn Féin is pulling the rug from under Ireland's ruling duopoly with a surge that has implications for progressive politics in the Republic, as well as for politics north of the border.

‘We Are Not Lying Down’: The Teachers Leading France’s Strike Wave

Olly Haynes

The government's proposed pension reforms have triggered a wave of strikes across France. One group that will be particularly hurt by the reforms is teachers. Olly Haynes spoke to some of them about the impact of such changes.

Report: Over 50 Offensive Coronavirus-Themed Products Pulled From Amazon

Joe Goodman

Over 50 offensive Coronavirus-themed products were listed on the company’s site before they were removed this week. Joe Goodman reports.

Opinion: Labour Must Take Welsh Independence Seriously

Harriet Protheroe Davis

With the appetite for sovereignty growing across the country, the way Labour and the wider left choose to engage with the issue will determine their place in Welsh politics, writes Harriet Protheroe Davis.

Radical Compassion? Why the West Midlands Needs to Know About Liam Byrne’s Record on Immigration

Charles Garry

Liam Byrne's campaign to become Labour's mayoral candidate in the West Midlands pledges 'radical compassion', but his record on immigration and asylum suggests otherwise, writes Charles Garry.

Don’t EU Want Me Huawei? What Plans for Our 5G Network Signal About Post-Brexit Britain

James Meadway

Boris Johnson’s approval of Huawei for use in (parts of) the UK’s developing 5G network is a more decisive moment in our post-Brexit future than is perhaps realised, says James Meadway. Not least because it points towards an increasingly large role for the state in the digital economy.

International: The UN’s Top Court Has Offered Myanmar’s Rohingya a Glimmer of Hope, but Justice Is Still a Distant Prospect

Yali Banton-Heath

The International Court of Justice has issued an emergency injunction against Myanmar in a grossly delayed move to protect the country's Muslim minority. But the verdict may not have the impact that some hope it will, writes Yali Banton-Heath.

International: Far-Right Forces Emboldened in Post-Coup Bolivia

Olivia Arigho-Stiles

With press freedom severely curtailed and leftists being hounded by government and street gangs alike, the coup in Bolivia has led to the proliferation of far-fight factions, writes Olivia Arigho-Stiles. With elections scheduled for May, it remains to be seen whether the Movement for Socialism can regain a foothold.

Opinion: Military Interventions Won’t Solve Climate Change

Hannah Martin

As the effects of climate change worsen for many across the globe, merely reacting is not enough. We must take proactive, preventative steps to tackle the problem, argues Hannah Martin.

Opinion: Labour’s Leadership Candidates Need a Reckoning, Not a Whitewash

Michael Chessum

Changing one's mind is part of anyone's political development, but if a leadership contest is to be more than an exercise in political shapeshifting, the candidates need to account for their political histories, argues Michael Chessum.

People Keep Starving to Death in Tory Britain

Harriet Williamson

Errol Graham was found starved to death in a flat with no electricity or gas supply. His tragic and entirely avoidable death shines a light on the deadly consequences of our government's brutal austerity programme, writes Harriet Williamson.

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