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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.

A parade of people processes through the streets of Brick Lane carrying banners and signs. One readable at the front says 'Save Banglatown'

Feature: A Labour Council Just Greenlit the Social Cleansing of Bangladeshi Brick Lane

Maliha Reza

The Truman Brewery development, waved through by two Labour councillors earlier this month, will further erode the Bangladeshi and Bengali communities’ relationship with the party, writes Maliha Reza.

Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair points at himself

Of Course Tony Blair Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan – He’s Still Profiting Off Interventionism

Joe Duffy

Not content with having kept the plates of global warfare spinning whilst in office, Tony Blair has spent his post-Downing Street years selling his services to the highest authoritarian bidder and banging the drum for perpetual military interventions.

Opinion: I Have Mixed Feelings About South London’s New Tube Stations

Aydin Dikerdem

The shiny new development was paid for with money meant for affordable housing, writes local Labour councillor Aydin Dikerdem.

five women standing next to one another at a protest

Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?

Joana Ramiro

As a 20-something Marxist, Joana Ramiro began to notice the ranks of her women comrades shrinking. Now in her 30s, she gets why.

Joe Biden walks in front of an American flag that occupies the entire background

Analysis: Western Elites Aren’t Mourning the Loss of Afghan Life, but of Their Own Power

David Wearing

The west has suffered another humiliating defeat in the bogus “war on terror”, writes David Wearing, and the warmongers aren’t taking it well.

Long Read: How the Anti-Trans Movement is Weaponising Gay Liberation

James Greig

'Gender critical' feminists like to portray queer history as toothless and exclusionary - conveniently forgetting that gay lib has always been a movement that embraces all marginalised groups.

A grey short-haired cat sitting on a white duvet stares into a laptop, against a blue curtain background

Feature: We’re All Working, All the Time

Polly Smythe

Long before the pandemic, remote working had created the expectation that workers be “always on”. It’s time we fought for our right to switch off, writes Polly Smythe.

Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer, two Green party co-leadership candidates, standing in front of the Houses of Parliament

Analysis: Finally, a Green Party Leadership Race Worth Following

Ell Folan

After the sudden resignation of both co-leaders, the Greens have been plunged into their most fractious leadership contest yet. It's going to be a battle - and not just over trans rights.

An image of Boris Johnson dressed as a clown graffitied onto a brick wall

Opinion: This Isn’t Just About Universal Credit – Our Entire Benefits System Is a Joke

Andrew Fisher

While the campaign to cancel the £20 cut to Universal Credit is welcome, we risk atomising our struggle against a broken system, argues Andrew Fisher.

Opinion: Judith Butler’s Censorship by the Guardian Shows Who’s Really Being Silenced in the Fight for Trans Rights

Moya Lothian-McLean

Despite ‘gender critical’ feminists' cries that they are being censored, the Guardian cutting a sizeable chunk of its interview with gender theorist Judith Butler shows which side is really being subjected to the violence of silence in the battle for trans liberation.

Opinion: David Graeber’s Archive Should Continue to Uphold the Ideas He Championed in Life

Nika Dubrovsky

When he died, David Graeber left behind an enormous archive. His wife, Nika Dubrovsky, considers how to deal with it in a way that continues the collaborative spirit he enacted and upheld throughout his life.

Report: How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law

Sophie K Rosa

Ending a six-year battle, feminist campaigners in Uganda have overturned a law designed to criminalise pornography, but which ended up criminalising women’s sexuality. While this victory is undoubtedly important, there is a bigger war to be fought, they say.

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

Solomon Hughes

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

Ell Folan

Analysis: The Big State Is Back, Baby

Paolo Gerbaudo

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

Mark Montegriffo and Adele Walton

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

Alex D King

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

Aviah Day

Of Course Tony Blair Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan – He’s Still Profiting Off Interventionism

Joe Duffy

Opinion: I Have Mixed Feelings About South London’s New Tube Stations

Aydin Dikerdem

Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?

Joana Ramiro

Analysis: Western Elites Aren’t Mourning the Loss of Afghan Life, but of Their Own Power

David Wearing

Long Read: How the Anti-Trans Movement is Weaponising Gay Liberation

James Greig

Opinion: Judith Butler’s Censorship by the Guardian Shows Who’s Really Being Silenced in the Fight for Trans Rights

Moya Lothian-McLean

Opinion: David Graeber’s Archive Should Continue to Uphold the Ideas He Championed in Life

Nika Dubrovsky

Report: How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law

Sophie K Rosa

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

Solomon Hughes

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

Ell Folan

Analysis: The Big State Is Back, Baby

Paolo Gerbaudo

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

Mark Montegriffo and Adele Walton

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

Alex D King

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

Aviah Day

Feature: A Labour Council Just Greenlit the Social Cleansing of Bangladeshi Brick Lane

Maliha Reza

Of Course Tony Blair Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan – He’s Still Profiting Off Interventionism

Joe Duffy

Opinion: I Have Mixed Feelings About South London’s New Tube Stations

Aydin Dikerdem

Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?

Joana Ramiro

Analysis: Western Elites Aren’t Mourning the Loss of Afghan Life, but of Their Own Power

David Wearing

Long Read: How the Anti-Trans Movement is Weaponising Gay Liberation

James Greig

Feature: We’re All Working, All the Time

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Finally, a Green Party Leadership Race Worth Following

Ell Folan

Opinion: This Isn’t Just About Universal Credit – Our Entire Benefits System Is a Joke

Andrew Fisher

Opinion: Judith Butler’s Censorship by the Guardian Shows Who’s Really Being Silenced in the Fight for Trans Rights

Moya Lothian-McLean

Opinion: David Graeber’s Archive Should Continue to Uphold the Ideas He Championed in Life

Nika Dubrovsky

Report: How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law

Sophie K Rosa

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