Analysis: Has Keir Starmer Heard of Pasokification?
Joana Ramiro
Social democrats across the continent have learned that maintaining ties with the left equals electoral success. The British Labour leader doesn’t seem to get it.
Articles
Report: I Live in Sheikh Jarrah. We Will Not Yield to the Vicious Israeli State
a protester in Sheikh Jarrah
A Palestinian facing forced displacement in East Jerusalem speaks to Sophie K Rosa about the ongoing battle against Zionist settler colonialism.
Analysis: Palestinians Are Resisting a Nakba That Never Ended
Yara Shoufani
The latest wave of Palestinian resistance isn't just against Gazan bombardment or the theft of Sheikh Jarrah. It is against a Nakba that started in 1948 and never stopped, writes Yara Shoufani.
Opinion: Attacks on the Arts Are Part of the Tories’ Culture War
Chardine Taylor-Stone
Earlier this month the government announced plans to cut funding for arts subjects at universities by 50%. Why? Because attacks on the arts play into the Tories’ confected culture war between salt-of-the-earth folk with ‘proper’ jobs and the ‘metropolitan elite’, argues Chardine Taylor-Stone.
Opinion: Four Antisemites Won’t Stop Me Supporting Palestine
Rivkah Brown
Our struggle against Israeli apartheid cannot be derailed by the men who drove down Finchley Road on Sunday threatening Jewish people, writes Rivkah Brown.
Long Read: You’re On Your Own, Kids: How the Indian State Abandoned Its People to Covid-19
Aruna Chandrasekhar
India is in the grip of a horrific second wave – and prime minister Narendra Modi has blood on his hands. Whether it’s Covid-19 or the climate crisis, it's vital that solidarity remains with the Indian people and not with their government, writes Aruna Chandrasekhar from Mumbai.
Opinion: Post-Brexit ‘Global Britain’ is Becoming a Threat to International Security
David Wearing
The government’s recent Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy has spelled out the agenda for British foreign relations in the 2020s and beyond. It’s going to make us and the rest of the world a lot less safe, writes David Wearing.
Opinion: Keir Starmer Is Now the Worst Person, at the Worst Moment, to Lead the Labour Party
Aaron Bastani
Starmer has no vision, no theory of change and no understanding of the present political moment. No wonder his approval ratings are plummeting, despite an easy ride from the media and a Tory party that has presided over the highest Covid-19 death toll in Europe.
Analysis: After Big Losses, Labour Must Change Tack or Risk Irrelevancy
James Meadway
In the wake of a humiliating local election defeat, Labour must not only stem and reverse its losses, but find a way to relate to its new and emerging supporter base, writes James Meadway.
Total Solidarity With Palestine is the Only Anti-Racist Position
Barnaby Raine
Israel's efforts to wipe Palestinians from the map are nothing short of racist, writes Barnaby Raine.
Analysis: Proportional Representation Won’t Solve All the Left’s Problems, But We Should Back It Anyway
Ell Folan
The loss of key council seats last week has renewed Labour activists' interest in proportional representation. While PR alone won't keep the Tories out of power - and Labour must focus on policies not systems if it wants to win - it is still worth supporting, writes Ell Folan.
Opinion: Everybody is Doing Identity Politics, Even If They Think They’re Not
Ash Sarkar
Labour didn't suffer an embarrassing local election defeat because it's 'too woke' for the working class. It lost because it has no idea who the working class actually is in 2021, writes Ash Sarkar.
Report: ‘How Can I Use This, Rather Than It Use Me?’ A New Campaign Takes Aim at Screen Addiction
Sophie K Rosa
During lockdown screen use increased by a third, with many now blaming their scattered attention spans and deteriorating mental health on the overuse of mobile phones and computers. A new campaign argues we should reset our relationship to technology.
Opinion: It’s Win or Die for Scottish Labour. So Why Is the Party Fighting to Lose?
Finn Smyth & Coll McCail
Today Scotland elects a new parliament. Thanks to years of self-sabotage, Labour may lose this historic heartland once and for all.
Opinion: Johnson’s Government is Rotten to the Core – But Does It Even Matter?
Samuel Earle
From his “let the bodies pile high” remarks to refurb-gate, Boris Johnson is once again mired in scandal. But rather than being any mortal wound to his prime ministership, the controversies speak to a much bigger problem at the heart of British politics: what counts as corruption, and how little it seems to matter, writes Samuel Earle.
Opinion: BuzzFeed News Wanted to Be Radical – Instead It Was Mainstream Media With Listicles
Justin Schlosberg
BuzzFeed’s experiment with serious journalism appears to be over, with the company shuttering much of its own and the recently acquired Huffington Post's news operations. This has less to do with ‘market forces’ than the company’s failure to be subversive, writes media academic Justin Schlosberg.
Feature: What Happened to the Bristol Police?
Rivkah Brown
A force known as relatively progressive has come to epitomise the extreme police response to the Kill The Bill movement. For some it’s a shock. For others, it’s business as usual.
Analysis: ‘America is Back’, Says Biden. What Does This Mean for the Rest of the World?
David Wearing
Today Joe Biden completes his first 100 days in the Oval Office. David Wearing takes a look at the president’s foreign policy so far, and argues that in terms of the threats posed by US power, the changes we're seeing are both meaningful and insufficient.