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Long Read: ‘Levelling Up’ is Encouraging Gulf States to Buy Northern Football Clubs

Ali Reda & Philip Proudfoot

The Tories have welcomed oil sheikdoms buying up football clubs in England’s cash-strapped post-industrial north as part of their ‘levelling up’ agenda. Philip Proudfoot and Ali Reda explain.

A man in a wheelchair takes part in a protest against cuts to state disability welfare payments. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Feature: Disabled People Are Fighting Back Against ‘Life or Death’ Energy Prices

Sophie K Rosa

Disabled people are facing disproportionate fuel poverty, but they're getting organised. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Opinion: Should We Boycott the Qatar World Cup?

Keir Milburn & Tom Williams

Around 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since the country won its bid to host the World Cup. Should we be boycotting this year’s tournament?

Passengers enter a U-Bahn underground train during a nationwide strike of Germany's train drivers' union GDL, at Alexanderplatz underground station in Berlin, Germany

Report: Campaigners Say Germany’s €49 Public Transport Ticket Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Jack McGovan

From 2023, public transport in Germany could cost €1.60 a day. But campaigners say to really cushion the poorest from economic turmoil, the government needs to bring back the cheapest pricing possible.

Nurses on strike in Northern Ireland in 2019. RCN

Report: Nurses Have Voted to Strike Across the UK for the First Time

Polly Smythe

Nurses face declining pay and are so understaffed that they can't offer safe care. Polly Smythe reports.

Image shows David Lloyd, police and crime commissioner of Hertfordshire Constabulary, appearing on Nick Ferrari's LBC radio show.

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

After Hertfordshire police detained journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests this week, the force’s commissioner has suggested the media should ‘reflect’ on giving activists ‘publicity’.

A man with shoulder-length brown curly hair, wearing a great sweater, black bomat trousers and brown boots, stands against a grassy background

Report: This Protester Committed No Crime But Is Going to Prison Anyway

Denise Laura Baker & Josie Argyle

On 23 September, climate activist Elliott Cuciurean was sentenced to 268 days in prison. He hadn't committed any crime, but instead had breached HS2's injunction. Denise Laura Baker and Josie Argyle report on the privatisation of protest policing.

Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit

Ash Sarkar

In a hopelessly flawed piece of 'research', the broadcaster found that calling a politician a 'hypocrite' is abuse, whereas racist slurs are not.

Opinion: What’s the Point of Mobilising Around COP?

Tatiana Garavito & Nathan Thanki

Time and again, host countries have used COPs to greenwash their environmental records while restricting civil society participation. This doesn’t mean they're not still worth organising around, argue Tatiana Garavito and Nathan Thanki.

Opinion: Why Is This Vegan Bacon Advert So Annoying?

Simon Childs

Green capitalism is giving us plant-based bacon so tasty it apparently makes up for the housing crisis.

A protest over Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro's defeat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Lucas Landau

Opinion: No, Younger People Aren’t Always More Progressive

Aaron Bastani

While ‘generation left’ might exist in some countries, things are more complicated elsewhere around the globe, argues Aaron Bastani.

Image shows crowd on a march, with two signs visible. The first reads 'Trans people are not a distraction', the second 'trans rights are human rights'

Analysis: Westminster May Have Given Up On Trans Rights But Scotland Hasn’t

Emily Tolano

Scotland is defying Tory transphobia to push ambitious legislation that will make trans lives easier.

Opinion: Maybe Twitter Should Die?

Moya Lothian-McLean

For those interested in creating a more progressive, equal society, Twitter’s 'demise' would actually be a blessing in disguise.

A group of officials sit at a panel facing aslant to the camera with microphones in front of them

Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

Clemmie James

As long as organised crime controls the world’s carbon sinks, forums like COP27 have the wrong people in the room, writes Clemmie James.

Three men sit in suits besides one another facing an audience

Report: A Property Expert Told a Landlord Conference to Get a Grip

Rivkah Brown

While the landlord lobby cries bloody murder in public, behind closed doors it’s a different story. Rivkah Brown reports.

Analysis: If The Democrats Lose Congress, We’re Going To See The Worst of Joe Biden

Luke Savage

A Republican-controlled lower house will extinguish any lingering hopes for a transformative liberal administration.

Opinion: Climate Activists Are Back. But Where’s The Movement?

Sam Knights

The 'radical flank' of the climate movement isn’t functioning as such. That’s because right now, there’s not much of a movement to flank, argues Sam Knights.

Image shows protesters outside Manston asylum centre in Kent, holding two banners. The one of the right reads 'Close down Manston'. The one on the left reads 'No borders, no nations, stop deportations'.

Opinion: We Went to Manston Asylum Centre – This Is a Politically Manufactured Crisis

Joseph Maggs & Nadia Hasan

The scandal surrounding inhumane conditions at the Kent immigration facility is years in the making.

Long Read: ‘Levelling Up’ is Encouraging Gulf States to Buy Northern Football Clubs

Ali Reda & Philip Proudfoot

Opinion: Should We Boycott the Qatar World Cup?

Keir Milburn & Tom Williams

Report: Campaigners Say Germany’s €49 Public Transport Ticket Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Jack McGovan

Report: Nurses Have Voted to Strike Across the UK for the First Time

Polly Smythe

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: What’s the Point of Mobilising Around COP?

Tatiana Garavito & Nathan Thanki

Opinion: Why Is This Vegan Bacon Advert So Annoying?

Simon Childs

Opinion: No, Younger People Aren’t Always More Progressive

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: Westminster May Have Given Up On Trans Rights But Scotland Hasn’t

Emily Tolano

Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

Clemmie James

Report: A Property Expert Told a Landlord Conference to Get a Grip

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: If The Democrats Lose Congress, We’re Going To See The Worst of Joe Biden

Luke Savage

Opinion: Climate Activists Are Back. But Where’s The Movement?

Sam Knights

Opinion: We Went to Manston Asylum Centre – This Is a Politically Manufactured Crisis

Joseph Maggs & Nadia Hasan

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Long Read: ‘Levelling Up’ is Encouraging Gulf States to Buy Northern Football Clubs

Ali Reda & Philip Proudfoot

Feature: Disabled People Are Fighting Back Against ‘Life or Death’ Energy Prices

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: Should We Boycott the Qatar World Cup?

Keir Milburn & Tom Williams

Report: Campaigners Say Germany’s €49 Public Transport Ticket Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Jack McGovan

Report: Nurses Have Voted to Strike Across the UK for the First Time

Polly Smythe

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: This Protester Committed No Crime But Is Going to Prison Anyway

Denise Laura Baker & Josie Argyle

Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: What’s the Point of Mobilising Around COP?

Tatiana Garavito & Nathan Thanki

Opinion: Why Is This Vegan Bacon Advert So Annoying?

Simon Childs

Opinion: No, Younger People Aren’t Always More Progressive

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: Westminster May Have Given Up On Trans Rights But Scotland Hasn’t

Emily Tolano

Opinion: Maybe Twitter Should Die?

Moya Lothian-McLean

Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

Clemmie James

Report: A Property Expert Told a Landlord Conference to Get a Grip

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: If The Democrats Lose Congress, We’re Going To See The Worst of Joe Biden

Luke Savage

Opinion: Climate Activists Are Back. But Where’s The Movement?

Sam Knights

Opinion: We Went to Manston Asylum Centre – This Is a Politically Manufactured Crisis

Joseph Maggs & Nadia Hasan

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