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A house lies aslant on grass having been devastated by a hurricane. Caution tape in the foreground.

Opinion: Home Insurance Will Not Save the USA

Moira Birss

Hurricane Helene, which left North Carolinian entire towns underwater last month, exemplifies the rot at the heart of America’s home insurance industry, writes Moira Birss. It needs rebuilding from the ground up.

Delivery riders organised by IWGB on strike in 2021. WIktor Szymanowicz via Reuters Connect

Report: Royal Mail-Owned Delivery Firm Faces Strike Action After Denying Workers Basic Rights

Polly Smythe

Years after admitting to the scandal of misclassifying staff as independent contractors, eCourier is still at it - and workers have had enough. Polly Smythe reports.

A man in a keffiyeh and thawb sits on someone's shoulders holding a megaphone.

Opinion: One Year On, the Pro-Palestine Movement Is Undefeated

Palestinian Youth Movement

The last year has exposed the gulf between the British public and its ruling class. Despite Rishi Sunak and now Keir Starmer’s determination to crush the massive popular movement for a free Palestine, the people have not bent to their will, writes the Palestinian Youth Movement.

Keir Starmer announces the government’s carbon capture plans at a factory in Merseyside, October 2024. Darren Staples/Reuters

Opinion: Labour’s Plans to Capture Carbon Are Designed for Fossil Fuel Giants, Not the Climate

Edward Donnelly

With its promises to ‘reignite’ Britain’s industrial heartlands, the government’s £22bn carbon capture scheme will do exactly that: burn through large amounts of natural gas and public funds under the guise of climate action, writes Edward Donnelly.

The aftermath of Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, October 2024. Ahmad Al-Kerdi/Reuters

Long Read: What Will It Take to Stop Israel?

Daniel Levy

As Israel widens its target from Gaza and regional conflict escalates, Daniel Levy considers what might influence Israel to get off this genocidal, self-destructive path.

Gloria Mancera, a cleaner at the Department for Education. UVW

Report: Exclusive: Migrant Cleaners Declare Victory After Strikes at Department for Education

Simon Childs

The outsourced facilities workers won back-pay, full sick pay and more holidays after a dispute that lasted over a year.

Opinion: Israel Won’t Stop Until the US Cuts Off Its Arms Supply

Ash Sarkar

7 October didn’t just transform the parameters of conflict between Israel and Hamas – it upended the status quo in the Middle East, writes Ash Sarkar.

Long Read: How the Media Became a Weapon in the Gaza Genocide

Steven Methven

Since 7 October, media outlets have made themselves a strategic asset for both Israel’s genocidal regime and western powers seeking to uphold the status quo in the Middle East. Steven Methven explains.

A family of five people in a black and white photograph

Opinion: I Have Lived Through Two Nakbas

Ghada Karmi

Nakba survivor Ghada Karmi reflects on a year spent watching history repeat itself.

Report: Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’

Simon Childs

Lincoln Jopp MP told a meeting at the Conservative party conference that killing three children would be ‘a phenomenally small amount of collateral damage’.

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

The satirical museum has met an end too good to be scripted. Juliet Jacques meets its co-founder, the artist Darren Cullen.

Richard Hermer. Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street

Opinion: The Government’s ‘Progressive’ Top Lawyer Is Off to a Rocky Start

Simon Childs

Richard Hermer was seen as a progressive appointment to the role of attorney general. Now he's being criticised for his role in the decision to continue supplying some arms to Israel and for downplaying torture. Simon Childs reports.

Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the 2024 Labour Party conference in Liverpool. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Opinion: Starmer’s Conference Speech Was Utterly Vacuous

Aaron Bastani

It’s bizarre to watch the prime minister go through the motions just three months after winning a landslide, writes Aaron Bastani.

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves at the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, September 2024. Phil Noble/Reuters

Opinion: Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Labour’s Freebie Fiasco

Adam Ramsay

Journalists shouldn’t be asking government ministers why they accepted luxury gifts. They should be asking why they were given them in the first place, writes Adam Ramsay.

Keir Starmer at an Arsenal game. Reuters/John Sibley

Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Give Up Freebies?

Ash Sarkar

The Prime Minister accepting gifts is actually a public service, apparently. But do donors really want nothing in return, asks Ash Sarkar?

Opinion: Nigel Farage Loves Migrants – As Long As They Travel By Private Jet

Simon Childs

The Reform leader will speak at his party conference on Friday, and a gathering for tax avoiding ‘global citizens’ the following week.

The Guardian headquarters in London. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Opinion: The Guardian Is Basically Giving The Observer Away. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

Acting as the parish noticeboard for liberal obsessions like stopping Brexit will only get a newspaper so far, writes Aaron Bastani.

A group of three men and one woman stand against an exposed brick wall

Feature: Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?

Rivkah Brown

Roost promises to create one million housing co-ops, but its high rents and willingness to work with landlords have turned off housing activists. Is their scepticism warranted? Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: Home Insurance Will Not Save the USA

Moira Birss

Report: Royal Mail-Owned Delivery Firm Faces Strike Action After Denying Workers Basic Rights

Polly Smythe

Opinion: Labour’s Plans to Capture Carbon Are Designed for Fossil Fuel Giants, Not the Climate

Edward Donnelly

Long Read: What Will It Take to Stop Israel?

Daniel Levy

Report: Exclusive: Migrant Cleaners Declare Victory After Strikes at Department for Education

Simon Childs

Opinion: Israel Won’t Stop Until the US Cuts Off Its Arms Supply

Ash Sarkar

Long Read: How the Media Became a Weapon in the Gaza Genocide

Steven Methven

Opinion: I Have Lived Through Two Nakbas

Ghada Karmi

Report: Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’

Simon Childs

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: The Government’s ‘Progressive’ Top Lawyer Is Off to a Rocky Start

Simon Childs

Opinion: Starmer’s Conference Speech Was Utterly Vacuous

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Labour’s Freebie Fiasco

Adam Ramsay

Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Give Up Freebies?

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Nigel Farage Loves Migrants – As Long As They Travel By Private Jet

Simon Childs

Opinion: The Guardian Is Basically Giving The Observer Away. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

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Opinion: Home Insurance Will Not Save the USA

Moira Birss

Report: Royal Mail-Owned Delivery Firm Faces Strike Action After Denying Workers Basic Rights

Polly Smythe

Opinion: One Year On, the Pro-Palestine Movement Is Undefeated

Palestinian Youth Movement

Opinion: Labour’s Plans to Capture Carbon Are Designed for Fossil Fuel Giants, Not the Climate

Edward Donnelly

Long Read: What Will It Take to Stop Israel?

Daniel Levy

Report: Exclusive: Migrant Cleaners Declare Victory After Strikes at Department for Education

Simon Childs

Opinion: Israel Won’t Stop Until the US Cuts Off Its Arms Supply

Ash Sarkar

Long Read: How the Media Became a Weapon in the Gaza Genocide

Steven Methven

Opinion: I Have Lived Through Two Nakbas

Ghada Karmi

Report: Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’

Simon Childs

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: The Government’s ‘Progressive’ Top Lawyer Is Off to a Rocky Start

Simon Childs

Opinion: Starmer’s Conference Speech Was Utterly Vacuous

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Labour’s Freebie Fiasco

Adam Ramsay

Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Give Up Freebies?

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Nigel Farage Loves Migrants – As Long As They Travel By Private Jet

Simon Childs

Opinion: The Guardian Is Basically Giving The Observer Away. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

Feature: Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?

Rivkah Brown

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