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The Slow and Explicable Rise of Marine Le Pen

Charlie Ebert

The rise of Marine Le Pen has been framed in the media as a sudden shift of epic proportions. But contrary to popular narratives, the march of the French right hasn't come from nowhere - it's been slow and steady, if it's occurred at all.

Trade Unions Need to Embrace Freedom of Movement, Not Scapegoat Migrant Workers

Malone

The condition of workers is back on the agenda, but there is only one legitimate concern that we are allowed to have: migration. Low pay and bad housing are too often blamed on migrants, not bosses or landlords. How should trade unions respond?

Long Read: Mapping Dystopia: The Hidden Shame of Fortress Europe

Marienna Pope-Weidemann

With warnings that as many as one million migrants are already on the way to to Libya and Europe from countries across Africa, Europe's refugee crisis seems set to get even worse. As one of the wealthiest countries in the world, Britain has the wherewithal to really help. But, more interested in shirking than sharing responsibility, it might just be the worst of them all.

Werker Collective and the Worker Photographers: Taking Back Control of the Image

Charlie Clemoes

Amsterdam-based collective Werker’s attempts to rehabilitate the Worker Photography movement signals the reemerging need for the left to use photography in order to depict the world on its own terms.

5 Things You Should Know About Toxic Water Inside the United States

Keith “Malik” Washington

With corrupt government officials and big business devastating the country's clean water supply, America's poor are being poisoned. A look into the murky water politics of the US.

Homeless Families and Social Cleansing: How Local Councils Are Forcing Vulnerable Households Out of London

Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth

Exclusive: London Councils are ending their homeless duty to vulnerable families by forcing them to accept private rented tenancies hundreds of miles away, outside the capital, FOI's by Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth reveal.

3 Ways Hamburg is Innovating in Response to the Migrant ‘Crisis’

Caitlin Vito

While political responses to immigration tend towards building walls and border controls, the city of Hamburg is leading the way in providing innovative and pragmatic responses to the influx of refugees and asylum seekers to European countries.

No Patient is Illegal: Fighting Borders in the NHS

This week, migrant activists protested changes to UK law, which will see healthcare workers co-opted as agents in the continuing assault on the rights and lives of UK migrants. Yesterday, a group of protesters dressed as patients in hospital gowns, doctors in scrubs, and border guards blocked the path of those heading into work at the Department […]

Long Read: Playing the Whore: Police Work vs Sex Work

Melissa Gira Grant

The violence and prurience characterising police attitudes towards sex workers reveal that efforts to curtail prostitution aren't about charity, or about 'rescuing' workers from situations of dire need. They are about control.

5 Ways to Help End Deportations and Stop Charter Flights

End Deportations

On Tuesday night, activists blocked the runway at Stansted airport and stopped a charter flight to Nigeria and Ghana. Here are five ways to get involved with the fight to end deportations and stop charter flights.

Can Devolution Solve Greater Manchester’s Housing Crisis?

Isaac Rose

The housing crisis is no longer just a London issue. Its effects are being felt across the UK, including in Greater Manchester. There, in the context of the devolution of a wide package of powers to local government and the upcoming mayoral election, Greater Manchester Housing Action (GMHA) are organising around the issues of housing and homelessness.

Enough is Enough: UCL Climate Activists Escalate Their Fight for Divestment

Olivia Goldin and Julia Hashimoto Schaff

With over a quarter of UK universities having divested from fossil fuels, UCL activists vow to make their university finally go green.

The Tories’ Reputation for Economic Credibility Is Built on False Narratives

Phil McDuff

The right’s unearned reputation for fiscal credibility is grounded in two false but undisputed narratives: the economic myth that government accounts are like household budgets, and the moral myth that suffering is often deserved and necessary punishment.

Blame for London’s shortage of affordable housing tends to be directed towards greedy developers or exploitative foreign cash buyers who leave luxury flats vacant all year round. These actors, however, are part of a much wider process of the financialisation of the housing market.

The Slow and Explicable Rise of Marine Le Pen

Charlie Ebert

Trade Unions Need to Embrace Freedom of Movement, Not Scapegoat Migrant Workers

Malone

Long Read: Mapping Dystopia: The Hidden Shame of Fortress Europe

Marienna Pope-Weidemann

Werker Collective and the Worker Photographers: Taking Back Control of the Image

Charlie Clemoes

5 Things You Should Know About Toxic Water Inside the United States

Keith “Malik” Washington

3 Ways Hamburg is Innovating in Response to the Migrant ‘Crisis’

Caitlin Vito

No Patient is Illegal: Fighting Borders in the NHS

Erin Dexter

Long Read: Playing the Whore: Police Work vs Sex Work

Melissa Gira Grant

5 Ways to Help End Deportations and Stop Charter Flights

End Deportations

Can Devolution Solve Greater Manchester’s Housing Crisis?

Isaac Rose

Enough is Enough: UCL Climate Activists Escalate Their Fight for Divestment

Olivia Goldin and Julia Hashimoto Schaff

The Tories’ Reputation for Economic Credibility Is Built on False Narratives

Phil McDuff

Long Read: Two Months Under the Executive Order: Whiteness, the Muslim Ban, and Me

A Revoked Migrant

Long Read: Inside the UK Fighting Games Community: Arcades, Grime and Classless Meritocracy

Marijam Didzgalvyte

False Sense of Securities: The Financialisation of the Housing Market

Tom Feary

Frozen Screen: Why Are Progressives So Reluctant to Engage With Gaming?

Simon Saunders

Long Read: Liberal Feminism Is Not a Winning Strategy in Gaming

Marijam Didzgalvyte

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The Slow and Explicable Rise of Marine Le Pen

Charlie Ebert

Trade Unions Need to Embrace Freedom of Movement, Not Scapegoat Migrant Workers

Malone

Long Read: Mapping Dystopia: The Hidden Shame of Fortress Europe

Marienna Pope-Weidemann

Werker Collective and the Worker Photographers: Taking Back Control of the Image

Charlie Clemoes

5 Things You Should Know About Toxic Water Inside the United States

Keith “Malik” Washington

Homeless Families and Social Cleansing: How Local Councils Are Forcing Vulnerable Households Out of London

Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth

3 Ways Hamburg is Innovating in Response to the Migrant ‘Crisis’

Caitlin Vito

No Patient is Illegal: Fighting Borders in the NHS

Erin Dexter

Long Read: Playing the Whore: Police Work vs Sex Work

Melissa Gira Grant

5 Ways to Help End Deportations and Stop Charter Flights

End Deportations

Can Devolution Solve Greater Manchester’s Housing Crisis?

Isaac Rose

Enough is Enough: UCL Climate Activists Escalate Their Fight for Divestment

Olivia Goldin and Julia Hashimoto Schaff

The Tories’ Reputation for Economic Credibility Is Built on False Narratives

Phil McDuff

Long Read: Two Months Under the Executive Order: Whiteness, the Muslim Ban, and Me

A Revoked Migrant

Long Read: Inside the UK Fighting Games Community: Arcades, Grime and Classless Meritocracy

Marijam Didzgalvyte

False Sense of Securities: The Financialisation of the Housing Market

Tom Feary

Frozen Screen: Why Are Progressives So Reluctant to Engage With Gaming?

Simon Saunders

Long Read: Liberal Feminism Is Not a Winning Strategy in Gaming

Marijam Didzgalvyte

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