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Interview: Leanne Wood: ‘Just Wanting Independence Isn’t Enough. We Need a Strategy’

Aaron Bastani

Plaid Cymru’s former leader Leanne Wood speaks to Aaron Bastani about what it would take to win Welsh independence – and why Labour won’t deliver.

Interview: Leanne Wood: ‘Dyw Ond Eisiau Annibyniaeth Ddim Yn Ddigon. Rydyn Ni Angen Strategaeth’

Aaron Bastani

Siaradai’r cyn-arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood, gydag Aaron Bastani am beth fydd yn ei gymryd i ennill annibyniaeth – a pam na fydd Llafur ei chyflawni.

Long Read: Can the Good Friday Agreement Survive?

Daniel Finn

The political system in Northern Ireland, set up by the Good Friday Agreement, can only work if there is a unionist party (or bloc of parties) that retains majority support from its community in a way that makes power-sharing with nationalists viable. But with the DUP in crisis, are these conditions now missing?

Report: ‘Fuck You, It’s Class’: How Welsh Pride Went Mainstream

Gina Tonic

For many people who grew up in the south Wales valleys, there was once a real sense of shame attached to being Welsh. But from renewed interest in the national football team to the emerging independence movement, Welsh pride is seeing a resurgence. Gina Tonic reports.

Uber driver protest IWGB

Opinion: I’m an Uber Driver. Me and Hundreds of Others Are Going on Strike to Demand the Rights We Deserve

Rema Diallo

On Wednesday, hundreds of Uber drivers will go on strike. Driver Rema Diallo explains why.

A demonstrator skateboards in front of a burning police vehicle during a protest against a new proposed policing bill, in Bristol, Britain, March 21, 2021

Long Read: What Happened to Kill the Bill?

Rivkah Brown

The PCSC bill is on the brink of entering law, and yet the movement to kill it has all but evaporated. Activists haven’t given up, though - they’re simply changing gear to a longer-term project of abolition. Rivkah Brown reports.

Report: Berlin Just Voted to Abolish Major Corporate Landlords

Isaac Würmann

Berliners have voted to expropriate nearly 250,000 apartments - transferring them from corporate landlords to public ownership. Isaac Würmann reports.

Opinion: 9K for What: A Fresher’s Guide to Renting in Halls

Zac Larkham

Having pulled off the biggest rent strike in 40 years, student organisers have compiled some helpful tips for those of you renting in halls - ones that your university definitely forgot to mention.

Police officers stand guard during a protest against a new proposed policing bill, in Bristol, Britain

Opinion: Sarah Everard’s Killer Isn’t One Bad Apple – The Whole Police Force is Rotten

Ash Sarkar

Contrary to what the Met would have us believe, Wayne Couzens’ employment as a police officer wasn’t incidental to his murder of Sarah Everard – it was central to it.

Amazon Amazon Fresh food capitalism London

Report: Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived

Sophie K Rosa

As Amazon quietly launches its chain of convenience stores in the UK, campaigners are keen to raise the alarm about what it could mean for our freedom.

Analysis: Dave’s Latest Album Demands That Black British Music Be Taken Seriously

Kojo Koram

On his latest album, We're All Alone In This Together, rapper Dave makes a compelling case for why Black British music should be approached with the same intellectual rigour as the great guitar albums of the past.

Keir Starmer at Labour conference in Brighton.

Opinion: Keir Starmer Is Just As Dishonest As Boris Johnson

Aaron Bastani

The electoral success of Boris Johnson demonstrates that, like it or not, the electorate doesn’t mind if the PM is a liar. But what they can’t stand, writes Aaron Bastani, is a hypocrite who pretends otherwise.

Britain’s Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer leaves his home in London, Britain May 10, 2021.

Analysis: Starmer’s Half-Hearted Power-Grab Has Weakened Him, Not That His Allies Care

Solomon Hughes

The Labour leader’s abortive attempt to introduce electoral colleges has left him looking weaker than ever. Yet his supporters are entirely willing to sacrifice Sir Keir and indeed the next election to get the party back onto the Third Way, writes Solomon Hughes.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak holds up the red box outside Number 11 on his first Budget.

Analysis: Britain Needs to Get Over Its Obsession With Flat Taxes

Ell Folan

From national insurance to council tax, Britain has an unhealthy obsession with flat taxes that hit the poor hardest. It’s time for the British state to be funded fully by progressive taxation, writes Ell Folan.

Prime minister Boris Johnson in a hard hat and red jumpsuit in a factory setting

Analysis: The Big State Is Back, Baby

Paolo Gerbaudo

In the neoliberal era, bureaucrats were public enemy number one. Now, Boris Johnson is heralding the “activist state”. The left must skewer the right’s faux interventionism or risk irrelevance, writes Paolo Gerbaudo.

Opinion: This Year’s the World Transformed Is the Perfect Opportunity for the Left to Rebuild Itself

Mark Montegriffo and Adele Walton

After election defeats, the decimation of the Labour party and a devastating global pandemic, this year's The World Transformed festival offers a much-needed opportunity for the left to come together to build a strategy to win back power.

Prime minister Boris Johnson visits Carland Cross Windfarm to see the construction of a new solar farm ahead of the G7 Summit in Cornwall

Long Read: The Government Wants Green Homes. Big Oil Has Other Ideas

Alex D King

The Heat and Buildings Strategy, due later this year, will take on one of the biggest obstacles between the UK and net-zero - but not if Big Oil gets its way. Alex D King reports.

A graduation photograph of Sabina Nessa wearing a cap and gown and holding a degree

Opinion: We Must Stop Comparing Sabina Nessa’s Murder With Sarah Everard’s

Aviah Day

'Why no protests for Sabina?' many have asked in the wake of her killing. The answer is more complex than white privilege, writes Aviah Day.

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