Opinion: Postal Workers Have No Choice But To Strike
Aaron Bastani
Royal Mail workers are going on strike over low pay. Aaron Bastani explains why they can’t afford not to.
Articles
Opinion: Salman Rushdie Was Once on the Left. What Happened?
Alfie Steer
The author, currently in hospital following a knife attack in the US, has done a 180 over the course of his career. Alfie Steer examines why.
Analysis: We Asked Landlords Why They’re Making the Cost of Living Crisis Their Tenants’ Problem
Ash Sarkar
Panicked landlords have seen a storm coming and are taking shelter in their tenants’ wallets. Ash Sarkar asks them to explain themselves.
Analysis: Italy’s Far Right Is About to Win Big As Unelected Government Falls
Matteo Tiratelli
We should celebrate the fall of Mario Draghi’s unelected government, writes Matteo Tiratelli. Yet what looks likely to replace it could be even worse.
Report: Port Workers in Felixstowe Are Striking at the Heart of the UK’s Supply Chains
Polly Smythe
“Just-in-time” logistics have increased bosses’ profits, but also given small numbers of workers a great deal of power. Polly Smythe reports from Felixstowe.
Report: Daily Mirror Journalists Striking Over Low Pay Were Offered Advice on ‘Side Hustles’ At Publishing Giant
Moya Lothian-McLean
Ahead of walkouts, editorial staff at Reach PLC, Britain’s biggest regional publisher, were given advice on second jobs in lieu of a meaningful pay rise, while top bosses doubled their salaries.
Report: London Councils Are Leaving Renters Without Protection From Illegal Eviction
Andrew Kersley
Exclusive: Almost half of London councils either don’t employ anyone to look into illegal evictions, or won’t tell us if they do.
Report: Trouble’s Brewing: Man Claims He Was Kicked Out of BrewDog Bar Over Union Leaflet
Polly Smythe
The punk craft beer chain got in a row with a trade union over stickers.
Report: Amazon Hit by Strikes Across the Globe
Simon Childs
After wildcat strikes in the UK, workers staged walk-outs and protests at warehouses in the US, Germany and Turkey.
Report: Why Aren’t Low Paid Supermarket Workers Joining Hot Strike Summer?
Polly Smythe
Staff at the UK’s biggest grocery chains are badly paid, but have so far showed no sign of taking industrial action like that seen in other sectors. Polly Smythe reports.
Opinion: Israel Gave Terrorism As the Reason for Its Latest Assault on Gaza. It’s Never Needed a Reason
Hamza Ali Shah
Anyone familiar with Israeli apartheid saw Operation Breaking Dawn for what it was, writes Hamza Ali Shah: Israel’s regular reminder to the Palestinians that they will never be free.
Analysis: Angolans Are Done With a One-Party State
Joana Ramiro
Next week's election could spell the end of the MPLA's half-century rule, writes Joana Ramiro.
Report: A Domestic Violence Expert Warned Keir Starmer That Labour Was Complicit in Apsana Begum’s ‘Abuse’. He Did Nothing
Rivkah Brown
Exclusive: A domestic violence expert begged Keir Starmer to save Apsana Begum from a trigger ballot process she described as an ‘extension of [her] abuse’. The Labour leader let it continue. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Cost of Living Campaigns Should Fight for a Green Transition
Kai Heron
Sky-rocketing energy bills and climate breakdown are two related crises. Here are six ideas to tackle them both.
Report: ‘People Have No Option’: Why We Won’t Pay Our Energy Bills
Sophie K Rosa
We spoke to people pledging to cancel their direct debits in protest at soaring energy prices.
Analysis: The Government Has Quietly Stopped Sharing Strike Data
Gregor Gall
The government has never before held such thorough information on industrial action in Britain. So why have they stopped sharing it?
Feature: In Myanmar, Workers and Activists Take on a Food Delivery Giant
Ben Dunant
Underground groups established to resist the coup are supporting striking food delivery workers in Myanmar.
Report: The DWP Is ‘Unlawfully’ Chasing People to Pay Back Benefits Claimed in Lockdown
Sophie K Rosa
Claimants who relied on universal credit during the pandemic have had threatening letters and phone calls from private debt collectors following a Kafkaesque ID checking process.