Report: Expensive Property Has More Rights Than Protesters, Says Court
Simon Childs
If you significantly damage something as part of a protest, you can no longer rely on human rights as a defence, a court has ruled.
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Analysis: So You’ve Been Bailed Out. But What Exactly Is Trussonomics?
Richard Murphy
Just three weeks into her premiership, Liz Truss has already seen the economy bailed out by the Bank of England. Richard Murphy asks, what’s the thinking behind such a disastrous economic strategy?
Report: Labour Bans Three Kurdish Attendees From Conference While Cosying up to Turkey
Rivkah Brown
Three Kurdish attendees were denied entry to Labour party conference on security grounds. Some have questioned whether it has anything to do with Erdogan's Turkey.
Analysis: As the Far Right Rises, Italy’s Left is Missing in Action
Matteo Tiratelli
The results of the Italian election are bleak: a landslide victory for the far right, collapsing turnout, and the ongoing absence of a left alternative. Matteo Tiratelli explains.
Analysis: Russia Is Using Ethnic Minorities As Cannon Fodder In Ukraine
Diyora Shadijanova
Ethnic minority soldiers from low income Russian regions are already dying at a higher rate in the war. Now Putin’s latest mobilisation is causing fresh fear – and increasing tensions across the federation.
Report: Protesters Call Out ‘Environmental Racism’ at New Statesman Event at Labour Conference
Simon Childs
Activists disrupted an event at Labour party conference sponsored by Drax, a company accused of polluting Black communities in the US. Simon Childs reports.
Analysis: Rachel Reeves Speech: Labour is Rehashing Corbynite Policies Without Explaining How It Would Pay for Them
James Meadway
The left should welcome Rachel Reeves’s pledges to decarbonise the electricity system and renationalise the railways - they were originally Corbynite proposals, after all. But to be believed, Labour must explain how they’ll be funded, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: The GMB Is Completely Wrong About Fracking. Here’s Why
Aaron Bastani
The GMB trade union has said the Tories are right to lift the fracking ban, claiming it could ‘create thousands of good jobs’ at little cost to the climate. This is completely wrong, writes Aaron Bastani.
Report: Mini-Budget: Attacks on Trade Unions, Tax Cuts for the Rich
Simon Childs
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng first 'mini-budget' was slammed by left-wingers, but delighted a neoliberal lobby group.
Report: Labour Conference Will Be Rife With Corporate Greenwashing
Simon Childs
Labour is letting big polluters use its conference for corporate "greenwashing", while party activists have been blocked from putting forward green motions. Simon Childs reports.
Report: ‘Labour Weaponised My Domestic Abuse to Get Rid of Me’: Apsana Begum on Her Return to Politics
Rivkah Brown
Exclusive: Three months after the Labour party ‘weaponised’ abuse that left her in A&E, Britain’s first hijabi MP returns to politics.
Report: A Teacher Was Suspended for Encouraging Students to Question the Monarchy
Rivkah Brown
A Scottish secondary school teacher was suspended on Tuesday after encouraging students to question the media’s one-sided view of the monarchy. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: Britain Is a Nation of Bootlickers, Polls Suggest
Ell Folan
46% of young people think the army should be in charge.
Report: Campaigners Are Trying to Stop a Massive New North Sea Oil Field
Simon Childs
Liz Truss wants to ramp up UK fossil fuel extraction. But after successfully halting the Cambo project, environmentalists are now fighting the development of an even bigger oil field.
Analysis: Westminster Is Holding Scotland’s Drug Policy Hostage And It’s Killing People
Andre Gomes
Scotland has the highest rate of drug deaths in Europe. But new Conservative plans will only punish users – with deadly results, writes Andre Gomes.
Report: Why Are British Pundits Suddenly So Obsessed with the New York Times?
Aaron Bastani
The NYT has gone where the British press won’t on Brexit, Islamophobia and now the Queen. It’s no wonder our gatekeeping, conservative commentariat can’t handle it, writes Aaron Bastani - it shows we’re not special.
Opinion: Charles Isn’t the ‘Climate King’
Clare Hymer
Britain’s new king says he wants a “revolution” to tackle the climate crisis. But all he really wants is a veneer of respectability whilst he shores up his historic privilege, argues Clare Hymer.
Report: Don’t Pay is Still Accelerating Towards an Energy Strike, Organisers Say
Sophie K Rosa
Liz Truss's price cap isn't enough, say people planning to strike. But forcing the prime minister to take action has proved the Don't Pay campaign can win. Sophie K Rosa reports.