Report: ‘Fuck Foxtons’: Londoners Demand Rent Freeze Now
Rivkah Brown
On Saturday, hundreds of London Renters Union members mobilised to demand a nationwide rent freeze. Rivkah Brown reports.
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Report: Monaco-Based Investment Firm Evicts Squatted Homeless Shelter
Sophie K Rosa
Squatters who turned an abandoned south London building into a homeless shelter have been booted out by Picasso Investments Corporation, which is registered in a tax haven.
Report: Harrods is One of the First Companies to Use a New Tory Anti-Strike Law
Simon Childs
The Qatar-owned luxury department store pays its boss £2.3million, but offered security guards a 'pay cut dressed up as a rise'.
Opinion: Are The Royals ‘Anti-Racist’ Now?
Moya Lothian-McLean
A recent incident at the palace has seen the royal household make a rare admission of racism in its ranks. But individual efforts will never make up for what the institution of monarchy embodies, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.
Feature: Radical Farming is Going Mainstream—And Losing Its Edge
Maozya Murray
Imported from Latin America, agroecology aims to make farming sustainable. But government adoption of the policy is bringing the term into conflict with grassroots environmental groups.
Report: RSA Staff Win Union Recognition Despite ‘Intimidation’
Simon Childs
The Royal Society of Arts rejected its staff’s request to recognise a trade union three times, but now they have to.
Analysis: People Want Action on Climate Change But Also Want Climate Protesters Locked Up
Ell Folan
Two-thirds of Britons fear climate breakdown. They also want to make it harder for activists to do something about it. Ell Folan unpicks some contradictory opinions.
Report: Hungary’s Far-Right Prime Minister Loves Football Almost As Much As He Loves Power
Alex Stewart
Viktor Orbán wants to be remembered as the man who rejuvenated Hungarian football, but has used the game to consolidate his power base. Alex Stewart reports.
Report: Workers at Non-Profits Are Done With Shit Jobs
Chris Saltmarsh
Non-profits often expect workers to accept poor pay and conditions in the interest of furthering the organisation’s ‘mission’. But across the sector, staff are no longer putting up with it. Chris Saltmarsh reports.
Report: To Avoid Another Pandemic, We Need to Eat Less Meat
Jack McGovan
The UK’s biggest outbreak of bird flu highlights the government’s willingness to protect the animal agricultural industry at all costs, even while the evidence points to one solution.
Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?
Charlie Hertzog Young
By forcing people to work through illness, our inadequate sick pay system is a tool of domination, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. Let’s replace it with one that puts people before profit.
Report: How a Trade Union Leader Became Qatar’s Biggest Fan
Polly Smythe
The International Trade Union Congress is one of Qatar's most strident defenders, despite ongoing concerns about workers' rights in the Gulf state. Polly Smythe reports.
Report: Keir Starmer Had a Photo-Op at the Telegraph As Part of His Rightwing Media Tour
Simon Childs
After a week of courting the Times, the Sun and the Spectator, a source told Novara Media the Labour leader posed for photos at the offices of the Telegraph.
Opinion: Insisting Jews Don’t Count Helps Nobody
Rivkah Brown
By demanding solidarity without offering it, David Baddiel isolates Jews from our natural allies, writes Rivkah Brown.
Report: Tory Councillor Steps Down As Recording Reveals He Was ‘Admirer’ of Fascism
Simon Childs
Andy Weatherhead claimed he was associated with a fascist group ‘in the spirit of education and curiosity’, but in a recording he said, ‘I've always been an admirer of Benito Mussolini and Sir Oswald Mosley’.
Analysis: Does Jeremy Corbyn Need the Labour Party?
Ell Folan
Labour has suggested it will never reinstate Jeremy Corbyn, fuelling rumours he could stand as an independent or even run to be mayor of London. But would he succeed without his party? Ell Folan assesses his chances.
Interview: Crypto Was Meant To Be Radical, But It’s Been Taken Over By Wall Street
Moya Lothian-McLean
Decentralised currencies were intended to circumvent traditional financial markets – instead they’re mirroring them. Why?
Analysis: Why Are We Still Pretending This Police Watchdog Is Independent?
Larry Lock
Families bereaved at the hands of the police are forced to turn to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. But justice is hard to come by when the watchdog is only out to protect its own.