Report: The Don’t Pay Campaign Just Set a New Strike Date
Sophie K Rosa
The Don't Pay campaign is calling a 1 December energy bill strike in response to the Tories' price-rise u-turn.
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Analysis: Britain’s No-Growth Economy Means Politics Is Only Going to Get More Chaotic
Aaron Bastani
In the democratic era, economic growth has funded the policies both parties have used to generate consent. Now our economy is stagnating, we should only expect more instability, writes Aaron Bastani.
Analysis: Here’s How Rishi Sunak Could Crash Our Economy (Again)
Richard Murphy
Rishi Sunak arrived in Downing Street this morning saying we faced a moment of economic crisis. He is right, argues Richard Murphy. But his inclination for austerity will only make things (much, much) worse.
Report: Police Advised a Tenant Facing Illegal Eviction to ‘Speak to Uber Eats’ for Help
Andrew Kersley
Clueless police told a tenant facing illegal eviction to ask Uber Eats for help as 'part of a wider culture' of doing nothing about rogue landlords.
Opinion: Armchair Strategists, the Climate Movement Needs You
Diyora Shadijanova
Comradely criticism of protest strategy is a healthy part of democratic movement building, complaining from the sidelines is not, writes Diyora Shadijanova
Opinion: The Scottish Greens Want the Green Party to ‘Do Better’
Euan Yours & Emily Tolano
Green politics are supposed to be founded on cooperation and mutual respect, but internal struggles over trans rights have led to the Scottish Greens taking a stand.
Opinion: Labour’s Cult of Factionalism Is Going Into Overdrive
Andrew Fisher
From Emma Dent Coat to Maurice Mcleod, the Labour right is busy destroying would-be leftwing MPs - and its own electoral prospects in the process, writes Andrew Fisher.
Analysis: Abortions Are Legal in Northern Ireland, but That Doesn’t Make Them Easy to Access
Ellen McVeigh
Three years after abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland, it still falls on activists and campaign groups to ensure access to services in the face of overwhelming political apathy. Ellen McVeigh reports from Belfast.
Opinion: The Tory Death Spiral Awards
Simon Childs
Who was the angriest Tory? Who made the wrongest prediction? We present to you: The Tory Death Spiral Awards.
Opinion: Liz Truss Screwed Up When She Machine-Gunned Tory Voters
Ash Sarkar
Liz Truss’s big mistake was to go after her own voters. Even her scalp is unlikely to staunch the wound in the Tories' side, writes Ash Sarkar.
Analysis: The Tories’ Attack on Nature is Radicalising Birdwatchers
Clare Hymer
Are we going to see AK47-wielding RSPB paramilitaries? Perhaps not, but that doesn’t mean conservationists aren’t getting serious.
Opinion: Welcome to the Tory Death Spiral
Moya Lothian-McLean
The Tories are in crisis, but is this really anything new? Moya Lothian-McLean and James Butler unpick what's unprecedented and what isn't in the current Conservative meltdown.
Analysis: Europe Is About to Get Very Poor, Very Quickly
Aaron Bastani
Energy, trade, growth and security: in each area, the common sense of the last thirty years has disintegrated, writes Aaron Bastani. Why is no major UK politician brave enough to say so?
Report: Inside the Fight for the UK’s First Formal Amazon Warehouse Strike
Polly Smythe
Workers in Coventry are voting over formal strike action at an Amazon warehouse for the first time, but the retailing giant has been accused of trying to undermine union activity. Polly Smythe reports.
Opinion: Don’t Pay Took Down Kwasi Kwarteng
Keir Milburn
We should be talking about the campaign's pivotal role in sending the government into a tailspin, argues Keir Milburn.
Analysis: No, the West Didn’t Halt Ukraine’s Peace Talks With Russia
Volodymyr Artiukh & Taras Fedirko
In a recent article for Novara Media, Oliver Eagleton argued that the UK halted early peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Volodymyr Artiukh and Taras Fedirko say he’s mistaken – and that diplomacy alone couldn’t have stopped the war anyway.
Long Read: Generation Left Rejected History. Does It Have a Future?
Michael Chessum
From Occupy Wall Street to Millbank, the generation that awoke in 2010 rejected left history, writes Michael Chessum. Is this why it's struggled to form a coherent political tradition?
Report: The RSA Used ‘Intimidation Tactics’ Against Staff After Refusing Their Trade Union Request
Polly Smythe
The Royal Society of the Arts was full of praise for trade unions until its own workers wanted one.