Report: Everything You Need to Know About the UK’s Biggest Strike-Day in a Decade
Polly Smythe
Up to half a million workers will take action in a 'protect the right to strike' day. Here's a guide to what's happening.
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Feature: What Actually is a General Strike and is the UK Going to Have One?
Polly Smythe
There's been a lot of talk about general strikes recently. As unions take coordinated action, Polly Smythe explains what it would take for unions to call a general strike.
Analysis: How Far Will Lula Go to Protect Indigenous Brazilians?
Joana Ramiro
Brazil’s new president is putting indigenous rights at the heart of his plans for government. But in keeping his promises he’ll face huge challenges, writes Joana Ramiro.
Analysis: No, ‘Transparency’ Won’t Stop Amazon Being a Crappy Employer
Craig Gent
Unions are very slowly catching up with Amazon’s tech agenda - but digital ‘transparency’ is no silver bullet when it comes to improving workers' lives, argues Craig Gent.
Report: Amazon Uses ‘Intimidation’ Against Historic First Legal UK Strike
Polly Smythe
Polly Smythe talks to workers in Coventry who walked out of an Amazon warehouse in the first formal strike action against the company.
Opinion: Gambling Firms Prey on the Working Class. Why is Labour Taking Their Money?
Matt Zarb-Cousin
New revelations show just how close Labour’s front bench is to the gambling industry. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, argues Matt Zarb-Cousin.
Opinion: Yes, Women Fear Rape – But We Live Our Lives Anyway
Ash Sarkar
Sainsbury’s has pulled a clothing ad which was slammed for saying women “stroll after dark”. But we do, of course - and that’s not reckless or unreasonable, argues Ash Sarkar.
Opinion: Britain’s Media Gatekeepers Are No Match for America’s
Aaron Bastani
With the success of his memoir Spare, Prince Harry has offered a blueprint for how others can circumvent the British media: go West.
Report: Students at UK Universities Are Helping Develop Killer Robots
Zac Larkham
Chronic underfunding in higher education is allowing the arms industry to step in and fuel autonomous weapons systems research, reports Zac Larkham.
Analysis: The Police Are Psychics Now, Apparently
Rivkah Brown
Rivkah Brown explains the latest amendments to the public order bill.
Analysis: Tory Blunders Give Striking Workers a Chance to Win
Michael Chessum
The government has chosen to pursue a policy of outright confrontation with the labour movement. As a political strategy, this could be a big mistake, argues Michael Chessum.
Report: Iconic Glasgow Council Flats Occupied in Protest Against Demolition
Simon Childs
Opposition is growing against a plan to demolish 600 social homes in Glasgow.
Analysis: The SNP Have Joined Forces With The Tories To Create ‘Green’ Scottish Tax Havens
Jonathon Shafi
The establishment of two new deregulated ‘freeports’ in Scotland is a rare example of agreement between Holyrood and Westminster – at the expense of workers’ rights.
Report: Will a ‘Vindictive’ Labour Party Bankrupt Itself Suing the Alleged Leakers?
Rivkah Brown
Neither the Information Commissioner’s Office nor the Labour party itself has found wrongdoing by Corbyn staffers accused of leaking a report into antisemitism. The party is suing them anyway. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: Targeted or Indefinite Action? Here’s What’s Next for the Uni Strikes
Polly Smythe
Lecturers will strike for 18 days in February and March. Here's how a debate about tactics happened.
Analysis: Westminster Has Waged War on Scottish Democracy. What Now?
Nick McKerrell
In blocking democratically-passed Scottish legislation on gender recognition reform from becoming law, Rishi Sunak has hugely overstepped – and chosen short-term heavy-handedness over preserving the union, writes Nick McKerrell.
Opinion: The Tory Anti-Strike Laws Are About Disciplining the Working Class
Charles Umney and Ian Greer
Cracking down on strikes won't work, but it's a short term way for the government to show the market that workers can be marshalled to make bigger profits.
Is This the Most Important Book So Far This Century?
Aaron Bastani
Six years on from the death of writer and academic Mark Fisher, Aaron Bastani argues that his book Capitalist Realism has only become more relevant.