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a woman in a keffiyeh holds a drum that says '75 years settler colonisation', with free palestine placards surrounding her

Analysis: The Public Supports Palestine. Why Don’t Our Politicians?

Ell Folan

The polls are unequivocal: nobody likes Israel, not even Tories, writes Ell Folan. So why are our politicians so absolutely committed to keeping their fingers in their ears?

Opinion: When Will We Start Fighting For Our Trains?

Moya Lothian-McLean

The government’s attack on our railways offers a huge opportunity for the left to fight for proper nationalisation, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.

Striking workers at the Saint James Tavern

Report: Union-Busting Pub Landlords Pay Thousands in Compensation to Striking Workers

Polly Smythe & Simon Childs

Workers at the Saint James Tavern in Brighton were awarded over £100,000 in back pay and compensation after their boss said he would ‘get rid’ of anyone involved in the union.

A woman with dyed blonde hair wears a white t-shirt with a pride blag on it. In the foreground a woman with black hair and a yellow blouse holds a trans flag-coloured fan

Report: Yolanda Díaz Is Showing How You Fight the Far Right

Eoghan Gilmartin

Rather than indulge Vox’s nationalism, Spain's new leftwing Sumar alliance is offering policies that will actually make people's lives better - starting with €20,000 for all 18-year-olds, funded by a wealth tax. Eoghan Gilmartin reports.

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Opinion: Why Is Tristram Hunt Afraid of Trans Books?

Vic Parsons

The ex-Labour MP turned V&A director removed three works about trans people from the museum. It’s giving Section 28, argues Vic Parsons.

A man looks at houses for sale in the window of an estate agents

Opinion: The Housing Boom Replaced Social Democracy. Now We Have Neither

Aaron Bastani

Property owners need a reality check, writes Aaron Bastani. But it's easier to understand their anger over soaring mortgage rates when you consider what the housing boom replaced.

Feature: Climate Camp is Back – And It’s Trying Something New

Douglas Rogers

Historically, ‘climate camps’ have faced one common drawback: a persistent divide between ‘activists’ and ‘everyday people’. Climate Camp Scotland is out to change that.

A UVW member outside the Amazon HQ in London. UVW

Feature: Precarious, Low-Paid Migrant Workers Are Sick of Low Pay and Bad Conditions

Simon Childs

Staff at eight workplaces walked out last month, as low-paid, outsourced workers in private-sector took industrial action. But their bosses are using outsourcing to wash their hands of them. Simon Childs reports.

Opinion: Stop Begging Big Business to Play Nice

Moya Lothian-McLean

In lieu of actual power, the UK government and regulatory authorities have taken to pleading with fat cat bosses to think of the children. They won’t, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.

Opinion: The Greek Left Had One Chance and Blew It

Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

The leader of Greece’s main leftwing political party resigned on Thursday following a catastrophic general election defeat. That’s what happens when you promise revolution and deliver a whole lot of nothing, writes Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou.

Two police officers with backs turned stand either side of another police officer, an older white man, who faces the camera

Analysis: Stop Sexing Up the Spy Cops Scandal, Say Victims

Rivkah Brown

The media’s prurient obsession with women's trauma has ensured the inquiry is a depoliticised dead-end, writes Rivkah Brown.

Opinion: UK-Based Trans Writers Are Cutting Through the Noise

McKenzie Wark

This may be ‘terf island’, but UK-based trans writers are making a huge contribution to Anglophone trans culture, writes McKenzie Wark.

Report: Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps

Polly Smythe

St Mungo’s CEO Emma Haddad had a ‘meltdown’ and told union reps that talk of stronger financial governance was ‘absolute crap’.

Antifascists opposing a Turning Point UK drag story time protest outside the Honor Oak pub, south London. Trans Safety Network

Report: Turning Point UK Questions Inanimate Object After Bloodshed at Demonstration

Simon Childs

After an antifascist activist was beaten and bloodied while protesting a Turning Point UK rally, the rightwing group asked the 'burning' question: ‘why did they have a red pen in their pocket?’

a woman stands holding a sign saying 'honk if your rent is too high'

Analysis: Polls Show Even Tories Hate Landlords

Ell Folan

Four in 10 Tory voters say ALAB, writes Ell Folan, while 71% of the country thinks landlords who commit housing offences should be jailed.

A man in military uniform takes a swing at poppy plants in a field with a background of mountains

Feature: The Taliban’s War on Opium Could Have Disastrous Effects

Niko Vorobyov

Last April, Afghanistan’s new government announced a ban on poppy cultivation. With the country supplying 86% of the world’s opium, it's likely to push addicts towards stronger and more dangerous highs. Niko Vorobyov reports.

The door to the Vught camp memorial on the left and the current prison wall on the right.

Feature: The Hidden Racism That Turned a Nazi Concentration Camp Into a Detention Centre for Muslims

Arun Kundnani

In 1943, Arun Kundnani’s grandfather was detained in a Nazi concentration camp. Today, the site is divided between a memorial and a detention centre where Muslims are mentally tortured.

Analysis: Britain Already Has Its Own Climate Refugees

Nicholas Beuret

Along England’s coast, people are being forced to move because of climate breakdown.

Analysis: The Public Supports Palestine. Why Don’t Our Politicians?

Ell Folan

Opinion: When Will We Start Fighting For Our Trains?

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: Union-Busting Pub Landlords Pay Thousands in Compensation to Striking Workers

Polly Smythe & Simon Childs

Report: Yolanda Díaz Is Showing How You Fight the Far Right

Eoghan Gilmartin

Opinion: Why Is Tristram Hunt Afraid of Trans Books?

Vic Parsons

Feature: Climate Camp is Back – And It’s Trying Something New

Douglas Rogers

Feature: Precarious, Low-Paid Migrant Workers Are Sick of Low Pay and Bad Conditions

Simon Childs

Opinion: Stop Begging Big Business to Play Nice

Moya Lothian-McLean

Opinion: The Greek Left Had One Chance and Blew It

Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

Analysis: Stop Sexing Up the Spy Cops Scandal, Say Victims

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: UK-Based Trans Writers Are Cutting Through the Noise

McKenzie Wark

Report: Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Polls Show Even Tories Hate Landlords

Ell Folan

Feature: The Taliban’s War on Opium Could Have Disastrous Effects

Niko Vorobyov

Feature: The Hidden Racism That Turned a Nazi Concentration Camp Into a Detention Centre for Muslims

Arun Kundnani

Analysis: Britain Already Has Its Own Climate Refugees

Nicholas Beuret

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Analysis: The Public Supports Palestine. Why Don’t Our Politicians?

Ell Folan

Opinion: When Will We Start Fighting For Our Trains?

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: Union-Busting Pub Landlords Pay Thousands in Compensation to Striking Workers

Polly Smythe & Simon Childs

Report: Yolanda Díaz Is Showing How You Fight the Far Right

Eoghan Gilmartin

Opinion: Why Is Tristram Hunt Afraid of Trans Books?

Vic Parsons

Opinion: The Housing Boom Replaced Social Democracy. Now We Have Neither

Aaron Bastani

Feature: Climate Camp is Back – And It’s Trying Something New

Douglas Rogers

Feature: Precarious, Low-Paid Migrant Workers Are Sick of Low Pay and Bad Conditions

Simon Childs

Opinion: Stop Begging Big Business to Play Nice

Moya Lothian-McLean

Opinion: The Greek Left Had One Chance and Blew It

Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

Analysis: Stop Sexing Up the Spy Cops Scandal, Say Victims

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: UK-Based Trans Writers Are Cutting Through the Noise

McKenzie Wark

Report: Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps

Polly Smythe

Report: Turning Point UK Questions Inanimate Object After Bloodshed at Demonstration

Simon Childs

Analysis: Polls Show Even Tories Hate Landlords

Ell Folan

Feature: The Taliban’s War on Opium Could Have Disastrous Effects

Niko Vorobyov

Feature: The Hidden Racism That Turned a Nazi Concentration Camp Into a Detention Centre for Muslims

Arun Kundnani

Analysis: Britain Already Has Its Own Climate Refugees

Nicholas Beuret

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