Long Read: The Labour of Memory
Shruti Iyer
Sunday Long Read: What's the purpose of public remembrance, how do we remember, and why does the future only seem to hold more mourning?
Articles
7 Reasons the Mental Health Crisis in Universities Requires a Radical Response
Sam Jones
There's a crisis of mental health in our universities and it's getting worse. Our response must go beyond addressing the institutions that are making us ill and point the finger at the neoliberal transformation of universities.
Rebranding Poverty: Why a living wage isn’t enough
Chris Fisher
George Osborne seemingly outmanoeuvred the mainstream left when his last budget championed a ‘national living wage’ to be introduced next year - yet it won't extend to all workers, and erosions to welfare mean you won't be able to live on it.
4 Ideas for the Comprehensive University
Tom Cutterham
On Wednesday thousands of students will demonstrate in support of free education. But if the possibility of a properly free, liberated education is limited by the structure of existing HE institutions, what would the alternative look like?
Long Read: Modern Homelessness: Privatisation, Policing and Public Toilets
Alex Gabriel
Sunday Long Read: Since 2010 homelessness has soared in London. What does privatisation feel like for those forced to sleep rough?
5 Things I Learned From Interviewing Yanis Varoufakis
Aaron Bastani
Last week Greece’s former finance minister was interviewed for NovaraTV. Here are some thing Aaron learned from interviewing the man who calls himself an ‘erratic Marxist’ - from postcapitalism to the eurozone to that coat.
What is #ShutdownSOAS?
Callum Cant
Yesterday a SOAS trade unionist was suspended for "gross misconduct", having expressed solidarity with an ongoing student occupation. Today students and staff managed to close the university down in retaliation.
Free Education, the Middle Classes and Radical Education Policy: a 5-Point Analysis
Sol Gamsu
Nearly half of the UK's young people are going to university, so where does the institutional privilege lie and what can we say about social mobility? If the demand for free education is to be successful, we need a class analysis of HE.
A Few Reasons Why Changes to Student Loan Repayments Could Decimate Your Income
Hannah Sketchley
With the post-2012 fee regime now costing as much as the old one, student loan repayments are changing. Here's why the most boringly packaged part of the budget is likely to make graduates poorer.
4 Things You Need to Know About Portugal’s Political Crisis
David Ferreira
Since its general election earlier this month, the so-called ‘good student of Europe’ has played host to an unprecedented situation. With rumours of an anti-austerity majority taking power still circulating, David Ferreira clears up what’s happening in Portugal.
10 Ideas for ‘Jacorbyns’ Who Want to Get Active in Their Union
Sam Harte
Many of those drawn to Labour in recent months were not swayed by the party but by the prospect of a broad-based, popular anti-austerity movement. With 2020 still some time away, 'Jacorbyns' should be turning to their unions, says one organiser.
The Disappearance of 43 Students in Mexico: One Year On
London Mexico Solidarity
A little over a year ago, 43 students from a radical teacher training college disappeared in Ayotzinapa after being attacked by police. Mass protests marked the anniversary, the state's investigation having failed and Mexico's human rights crisis blown open.
6 Things at Stake at the UN Climate Change Conference
Charlie Mitchell
With current trajectories pointing to a 5°C global temperature rise, COP21 represents a formidable opportunity to address climate change at an international level. Factors at stake range from climate refugees to today's Canadian election.
4 Reasons the UCL Rent Strike Victory is Important for All Students
Hope Worsdale and Callum Cant
The UCL rent strike has emerged victorious, with the university forced to cough up £100k for the "unacceptable living conditions" of its student halls. With a national free education demo coming up, the win comes at an excellent time for students.
5 Reasons London’s Bicycle Couriers are Organising (and Winning!)
Ina Fever
The Couriers and Logistics Branch is the latest section of the IWGB to get unionising and winning. Ina Fever speaks to three of London’s best bicycle couriers on life as a courier, the struggles of the job and the campaign ahead.
Is a United Left About to Form a Government in Portugal?
Miguel Costa Matos
After an inconclusive election and a round of inconclusive negotiations, is the second-placed Portuguese Socialist Party about to join forces with the Left Bloc and Communist Party to form an historic left unity government?
Not Fair, Not Safe: 6 Reasons Junior Doctors Are Preparing to Strike
Nick Carpenter
Junior doctors are up in arms about the latest offensive from the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt. From safety to pay to parental leave, Hunt has sought to impose harsh conditions and could now face the first strike by doctors in 40 years.
7 Quick Thoughts on ‘Momentum’ – Corbyn’s New Campaign Machine
Craig McVegas
Today Corbyn's leadership campaign has morphed into Momentum. Here are some quick thoughts on what Momentum means for populism in the UK, political journalism, the parliamentary Labour party and more.