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Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs – Capitalists Are

Grace Blakeley

We often here about how automation is coming for our jobs whether we like it or not, but automation isn't an impersonal force of history - it's a political process with contestable consequences, argues Grace Blakeley.

Choice: Break up Facebook – or Take It Into Public Ownership? I Am Not Kidding

Paul Mason

The emerging scandal over Facebook's role in the manipulation of user data raises questions over the future of tech giants that hold massive amounts of our information. So how do we solve a problem like Facebook?

Long Read: The Stansted 15 Follow a Long Tradition of Direct Action in the UK – But They Also Go Beyond It

Ewa Jasiewicz

On Monday 15 people will face trial on terror-related charges for blockading a deportation charter flight last year. Ewa Jasiewicz reflects on the history of radical direct action-orientated solidarity in the UK and how this action was the first of its kind.

Why Is Turkey Attacking Afrin?

Steve Rushton

The predominantly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces have been the strongest force against Isis. So why is Turkey attacking Afrin, the westernmost canton of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (AKA Rojava)? And why is the UK supporting Turkey?

With University Staff Forced to Act like Border Guards, Striking Lecturers Must Show Solidarity with Yarl’s Wood

Dan Davison

UCU picketers must act in solidarity with hunger strikers in Yarl's Wood because their struggles are intrinsically linked. The inhumane border control system that makes international students fear failing to meet their visa requirements and puts the unwanted duty of immigration policing on to university staff, also creates detention centres.

“Why We Strike”: First-timers Give Their Reasons

Charlie Macnamara

In light of the ongoing strikes, university workers taking industrial action for the first time reflect on their experience.

Argentinian Women Might Finally Be Winning the Fight to Decriminalise Abortion

Adriano Mérola Marotta

Abortion is illegal in Argentina, but in recent years the country's strong feminist movement has made enormous strides in changing public opinion on the issue. As a decriminalisation bill travels through congress, International Women’s Day saw tens of thousands of women protest in Buenos Aires, with demands for free, safe and legal, abortion taking centre-stage.

67 Years Ago Today, a Democratic Revolution Began – and Britain Helped Stop It

Aaron Bastani

On 15 March 1951 the Iranian parliament voted to nationalise the country’s vast oil wealth in what should have been a founding moment for a modern, democratic nation. Aaron Bastani takes a look at why Britain and the US put a stop to Iran's experiment in self-government.

Corbyn Is No Traitor: When It Comes to Russia the Tories Are the Real Hypocrites

Paul Mason

The Tories have lambasted Corbyn for a reasonable and measured response to the Salisbury spy affair, but they are in no place to deal with Putin's ambitions to break further from multilateralism in favour of a 'multipolar' world.

Cold Comfort: How the ‘Hostile Environment’ Reinforces Violence Against Women

Dr J

The government's 'hostile environment' policy forces health sector workers to act as Home Office informants. As a result, many migrant women are being kept in abusive relationships and denied access to safe abortion services.

5 Reasons the Left Should Support Leaving the Single Market

Fraser Watt

After Corbyn’s recent Brexit speech received unlikely praise from business leaders for backing a modified customs union with the EU post-Brexit, it was later confirmed this would take place outside the single market. Here are five reasons the UK left should support leaving the EU’s internal trading bloc.

Little Evidence Corporation Tax Scares Off Multinationals, Says Report

Grace Blakeley

A new report from IPPR exposes the myth that corporation tax hikes lead to big businesses relocating. Instead, the report argues, new measures - and higher taxes - are necessary to bring in the tax the public is owed.

A Dangerous Threat to Our Autonomy to Organise As Students

Hope Worsdale

University of Arts London students' union officer Sahaya James is facing dismissal from her role as campaigns officer, after leading a student campaign against the university's participation in gentrification. If James is sacked, it will set a dangerous precedent for the political autonomy of the student movement.

A Brief History of the Anglo-Saudi Military Pact

Ben Tippet and Jack Browne

As Theresa May welcomes Saudi crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the UK, Ben Tippet and Jack Browne trace the murky trading relationship between Britain and Saudi Arabia.

Tackling the Mental Health Crisis Means Defeating Neoliberalism Once and For All

Jay Watts

Labour needs to get radical, resisting the cross-party agreements on mental illness which foreclose the reality that though we may ‘all have mental health’ the chance of us breaking down are deeply indexed to our relative place in society.

The Italian Election Shows the Left’s Most Difficult Task Is Winning the Argument on Migration

Paul Mason

Gone are the days when the European left can hope to gain from forming alliances around the political centre, but quelling the rise of authoritarian populism means winning the argument on migration, argues Paul Mason.

What Kind of Party Should Labour Be?

Aaron Bastani

As Momentum’s Jon Lansman joins Unite the Union’s Jennie Formby in the race to become Labour’s next general secretary, what’s at stake isn’t policy or support for Jeremy Corbyn, but competing visions of how Labour should do politics.

An End in Sight for the Neoliberal University

Iida Käyhkö and Charlie Macnamara

At University College London, students and lecturers alike have near unanimously passed votes of no confidence in the running of their university. With a nationwide academic strike in full-swing, this could well be the beginning of the end for the neoliberal university project.

Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs – Capitalists Are

Grace Blakeley

Long Read: The Stansted 15 Follow a Long Tradition of Direct Action in the UK – But They Also Go Beyond It

Ewa Jasiewicz

Why Is Turkey Attacking Afrin?

Steve Rushton

With University Staff Forced to Act like Border Guards, Striking Lecturers Must Show Solidarity with Yarl’s Wood

Dan Davison

“Why We Strike”: First-timers Give Their Reasons

Charlie Macnamara

Argentinian Women Might Finally Be Winning the Fight to Decriminalise Abortion

Adriano Mérola Marotta

67 Years Ago Today, a Democratic Revolution Began – and Britain Helped Stop It

Aaron Bastani

Corbyn Is No Traitor: When It Comes to Russia the Tories Are the Real Hypocrites

Paul Mason

Cold Comfort: How the ‘Hostile Environment’ Reinforces Violence Against Women

Dr J

5 Reasons the Left Should Support Leaving the Single Market

Fraser Watt

Little Evidence Corporation Tax Scares Off Multinationals, Says Report

Grace Blakeley

A Dangerous Threat to Our Autonomy to Organise As Students

Hope Worsdale

A Brief History of the Anglo-Saudi Military Pact

Ben Tippet and Jack Browne

Tackling the Mental Health Crisis Means Defeating Neoliberalism Once and For All

Jay Watts

The Italian Election Shows the Left’s Most Difficult Task Is Winning the Argument on Migration

Paul Mason

What Kind of Party Should Labour Be?

Aaron Bastani

An End in Sight for the Neoliberal University

Iida Käyhkö and Charlie Macnamara

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Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs – Capitalists Are

Grace Blakeley

Choice: Break up Facebook – or Take It Into Public Ownership? I Am Not Kidding

Paul Mason

Long Read: The Stansted 15 Follow a Long Tradition of Direct Action in the UK – But They Also Go Beyond It

Ewa Jasiewicz

Why Is Turkey Attacking Afrin?

Steve Rushton

With University Staff Forced to Act like Border Guards, Striking Lecturers Must Show Solidarity with Yarl’s Wood

Dan Davison

“Why We Strike”: First-timers Give Their Reasons

Charlie Macnamara

Argentinian Women Might Finally Be Winning the Fight to Decriminalise Abortion

Adriano Mérola Marotta

67 Years Ago Today, a Democratic Revolution Began – and Britain Helped Stop It

Aaron Bastani

Corbyn Is No Traitor: When It Comes to Russia the Tories Are the Real Hypocrites

Paul Mason

Cold Comfort: How the ‘Hostile Environment’ Reinforces Violence Against Women

Dr J

5 Reasons the Left Should Support Leaving the Single Market

Fraser Watt

Little Evidence Corporation Tax Scares Off Multinationals, Says Report

Grace Blakeley

A Dangerous Threat to Our Autonomy to Organise As Students

Hope Worsdale

A Brief History of the Anglo-Saudi Military Pact

Ben Tippet and Jack Browne

Tackling the Mental Health Crisis Means Defeating Neoliberalism Once and For All

Jay Watts

The Italian Election Shows the Left’s Most Difficult Task Is Winning the Argument on Migration

Paul Mason

What Kind of Party Should Labour Be?

Aaron Bastani

An End in Sight for the Neoliberal University

Iida Käyhkö and Charlie Macnamara

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