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Feature: Is Extinction Rebellion’s Structure Fit for Purpose?

Diyora Shadijanova

Extinction Rebellion’s loose, non-hierarchical structure played a big part in the movement’s rapid growth in its early days - but was also at the core of its difficulties. Has anything changed?

King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla get out of a car during a visit to York, November, 2022. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

Report: ‘Engines of History’: Traffic Warden Strike to Cause ‘Chaos’ at King’s Coronation

Polly Smythe & Simon Childs

'This is a great example of a simple truth in the world that is rarely acknowledged: that behind each great historical event are hundreds of ordinary workers.'

a woman with bleached blonde hair, red lipstick and black sunglasses is foregrounded with a trans flag in the background

Opinion: The Culture War Doesn’t Exist

Amardeep Singh Dhillon

Why, asks Amardeep Singh Dhillon, do we reduce trans and minority rights to questions of culture as if their impacts weren't grimly material?

A protester holds a flare on 7 March. Olly Haynes

Report: French Leftwing Publisher Detained by UK Counter-Terrorism Police

Olly Haynes

Publishers have criticised the ‘outrageous and unjustifiable infringements of basic principles of the freedom of expression’.

Feature: Is Extinction Rebellion Still ‘Beyond Politics’?

Diyora Shadijanova

Extinction Rebellion once claimed it’s “not a socialist movement”, and is “beyond politics”. But by aligning itself more and more closely with the left, is this really still the case? Diyora Shadijanova investigates.

Interview: Is Hate Politically Useful?

Harry Stopes

We’re often told that hate is no basis for a leftwing politics. But is this really the case? Harry Stopes spoke to German writer Şeyda Kurt about the value of hate as a political emotion.

A protester gives a V finger sign while being handcuffed by workers on a crane

Report: Palestine Activists Are Planning to Besiege an Israeli Weapons Factory

Rivkah Brown

First they shut down one in Oldham. Now they’re coming for one in Leicester. Rivkah Brown reports on the rise and rise of Palestine Action.

Marks and Spencer cafe

Opinion: Our Elites Are on Autopilot and I Think I Know Why

Aaron Bastani

Despite two lost decades, an indifferent political and media elite still offers nothing but inertia. Aaron Bastani went to an M&S cafe and discovered why.

Feature: Extinction Rebellion Has a Whole New Strategy. Will It Work?

Clare Hymer

On New Year’s Eve, Extinction Rebellion hit pause on its tactic of public disruption. But as it prepares for its most ambitious mobilisation yet, will the gamble pay off?

Opinion: There’s No Coming Back From the SNP Crisis

Jonathon Shafi

For the SNP, a period of unrivalled political power, organic internal discipline and the semblance of a united forward march to independence is over, argues Jonathon Shafi.

A woman buys vegetables at a self service check out

Report: People Are Shoplifting Their Way Out of the Cost of Living Crisis

Sophie K Rosa

As the price of food and other basics soars, more people are shoplifting. While some see stealing as necessary, for others it’s a form of resistance. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Long Read: Effective Altruism Is Infiltrating UK Politics and It’s Time We Woke Up

Matteo Tiratelli

Founded in Oxford in the early 2010s, the movement has since earned a fanbase of American billionaires who are now pumping money into British politics, Labour in particular, writes Matteo Tiratelli.

Protesters outside the St Thomas Hospital as nurses took strike action in February. Hesther Ng / SOPA Images/Sipa US via Reuters Connect

Report: Nurses Tell of Disappointment With Latest NHS Pay Offer

George Walker

The relationship between the RCN and its members is becoming increasingly strained as the union encourages health workers to accept a 5% pay rise having initially argued for 19%.

Protesters unfurl a banner and let off a smoke bomb from one of the blocks. Photo: @SavetheWyndford on Twitter.

Report: Glasgow Flats Demolition ‘On the Wrong Side of History’, Experts Say

Simon Childs

Scotland’s biggest social landlord is planning to demolish 600 homes even though the IPCC says retrofitting is key to stopping climate catastrophe.

Report: ‘This Machine Kills Kids’: SUVs Hit With Spray Paint in Bristol

Clare Hymer

Climate activists celebrated after six of the polluting vehicles were targeted with spray paint on Sunday.

Israeli naval reservists on kayaks obstruct a port with flares

Analysis: How Israel’s Pro-Democracy Protests Sold Out Palestinians

Daisy Schofield

Despite sharing in fears of an increasingly fascist Israeli state, Palestinians have been largely excluded from the pro-democracy protests that have engulfed the country in recent months. Now the movement has won a partial victory - at Palestine’s expense. Daisy Schofield reports.

A black of flats behind a row of houses in London.

Opinion: I Live in a Housing Co-op. But No One Really Escapes London’s Accommodation Crisis Anymore

Charlotte England

When Charlotte England’s housing coop was built in the 1970s, it was intended as a choice; one option among many. But the rental crisis has made it increasingly difficult for people to leave, and changed what it feels fair to ask for from a home.

Report: ‘We’re Pivoting to Hippy Crack’: Novara Media to Sell ‘Nos’ to Socialist Teens

Simon Childs

The government has attributed support for left-wing politics among young people to widespread nitrous oxide use.

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