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Opinion: The Tories Think Decolonising the Curriculum Means Censorship. They Couldn’t Be More Wrong

Ali Meghji

Decolonisation isn't "taking bits out" of history, as one minister put it. It's filling in the gaps, writes sociology lecturer and curriculum decoloniser Ali Meghji.

Report: The Women Who Can’t Strike Today Are Exactly Why We Must

Sophie K Rosa

The pandemic has shown how women's work is disproportionately underpaid, undervalued and unsafe. On International Women's Day, many have gone on strike, but many more won't be able to. Sophie K Rosa reports.

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Opinion: How Harry and Meghan Quit the Royal Family to Join the US Aristocracy

Ash Sarkar

Meghan and Harry's defection to the states shows that as the world’s ruling classes go, the British elite is rather second-rate, writes Ash Sarkar; for a hot, rich, mixed-race woman who’s married to a prince, there are more attractive options than enduring the petty cruelty of palace apparatchiks.

Opinion: The Biden Administration Just Broke International Law. Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?

Aaron Bastani

By authorising airstrikes on Syria without congressional approval, Biden is mimicking Trump’s foreign policy. Leading Democrats criticised the president then, notes Aaron Bastani – so why not now?

Report: After Coronavirus, We Need a New Mental Health System

Sophie K Rosa

With millions of us needing mental health support as a result of the coronavirus crisis, we’re going to need wholesale system change if we’re to recover from it. Sophie K Rosa meets the professionals campaigning for post-pandemic mental health reform.

Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How the Arab Uprisings Were Drowned in Oil

David Wearing

Despite popular appetite for democracy, the Arab uprisings were violently thwarted. In the fourth part of his series on what these events can teach us about Western imperialism in the twenty-first century, David Wearing explores the role oil played in determining their defeat.

Analysis: After All the Hype Over Budget 2021…That’s It?

James Meadway

Rishi Sunak wants to appear radical while cementing the status quo - and unless the left presents an alternative, he will, writes James Meadway.

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Opinion: Now Isn’t the Time for a General Tax Hike – We Need to Target Those Who’ve Profited From the Pandemic

Ann Pettifor

The left must be wary of flatly equating tax increases with post-pandemic recovery. In today’s budget, Rishi Sunak should go after the few whose wealth has increased over the past year, argues economist Ann Pettifor.

Long Read: Keir Starmer is a Long-Time Servant of the British Security State

Oliver Eagleton

Labour under Keir Starmer has taken a troubling flag-waving turn. But while his patriot act may in part be driven by political expediency, Starmer’s loyalty to the British security state has historically been strikingly consistent, writes Oliver Eagleton.

Analysis: The Tories’ Anti-Protest Clampdown Will Hit Black and Brown People Hardest

Zehrah Hasan, James Aiken and Callum Lynch

The government is introducing a raft of legislation to enhance police powers and quash dissent. As always, racialised protesters will be at the sharp end of this authoritarianism, write Zehrah Hasan, James Aiken and Callum Lynch.

Report: A Doctor on Living Through a Month of Deadly Protests in Myanmar

Charlotte England

Police shot and killed at least 18 people in Myanmar on Sunday in the deadliest crackdown on protests since the military staged a coup d'etat on 1 February. Novara Media asked a doctor and activist what the last month's been like.

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Report: Royal Mail Wants to Close Its Workers’ Nursery During the Pandemic

Shahed Ezaydi

Childsplay has been a lifeline for Royal Mail parents since 1989, though particularly during the past year. Now the company plans to rip it away, just when workers need it most. Shahed Ezaydi reports.

Opinion: Until He Starts Talking About Rent Caps, Keir Starmer Isn’t Serious About Championing Business

For all his posturing, Keir Starmer’s efforts to recast Labour as the party of business are entirely cosmetic, argues Aaron Bastani. If he really wanted to address the challenges businesses face, he’d be talking about rent caps.

Alexei Navalny, backed by Russian people and Russian flags

Analysis: Alexei Navalny Is a Complicated Figure – But a Gift to the Russian Left

Volodya Vagner

The opposition politician is a chameleon and a nationalist - yet the massive support he has mobilised may give the left the momentum it needs to unseat Putin, writes Volodya Vagner.

Opinion: A Spanish Company is Building an Apartheid Railway in Israel – Now It Wants in on HS2

Zakaria Odeh

Companies abetting human rights abuses shouldn't be rewarded with lucrative government contracts - they must be boycotted until they end complicity with apartheid, writes Palestinian organiser Zakaria Odeh.

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Analysis: Is the Hague Finally About to Challenge Israeli Impunity?

Rania Muhareb

For decades, Israel has faced no consequences for its systematic breaches of international law. A recent ruling from the International Criminal Court could change that, argues Palestinian human rights scholar Rania Muhareb.

Opinion: The Tories’ Levelling Up Agenda is Just Thatcherism for Towns

Joe Duffy

A new report by a rightwing thinktank on "unleashing investment" in the north of England provides a grim insight into how the government may convert its Brexit majority into an even more sinister political settlement under the guise of concern for regional equality, writes Joe Duffy.

Gavin Williamson addresses country in covid address

Opinion: To the Free Speech Warriors of the Right, Only Some Speech Matters

Barnaby Raine

We shouldn’t be confused by the Tories championing free speech one moment, suppressing it the next. It’s always been perfectly clear whose speech matters to them, argues Barnaby Raine.

Opinion: The Tories Think Decolonising the Curriculum Means Censorship. They Couldn’t Be More Wrong

Ali Meghji

Report: The Women Who Can’t Strike Today Are Exactly Why We Must

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: How Harry and Meghan Quit the Royal Family to Join the US Aristocracy

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: The Biden Administration Just Broke International Law. Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?

Aaron Bastani

Report: After Coronavirus, We Need a New Mental Health System

Sophie K Rosa

Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How the Arab Uprisings Were Drowned in Oil

David Wearing

Analysis: After All the Hype Over Budget 2021…That’s It?

James Meadway

Opinion: Now Isn’t the Time for a General Tax Hike – We Need to Target Those Who’ve Profited From the Pandemic

Ann Pettifor

Long Read: Keir Starmer is a Long-Time Servant of the British Security State

Oliver Eagleton

Analysis: The Tories’ Anti-Protest Clampdown Will Hit Black and Brown People Hardest

Zehrah Hasan, James Aiken and Callum Lynch

Report: A Doctor on Living Through a Month of Deadly Protests in Myanmar

Charlotte England

Report: Royal Mail Wants to Close Its Workers’ Nursery During the Pandemic

Shahed Ezaydi

Opinion: Until He Starts Talking About Rent Caps, Keir Starmer Isn’t Serious About Championing Business

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: Alexei Navalny Is a Complicated Figure – But a Gift to the Russian Left

Volodya Vagner

Opinion: A Spanish Company is Building an Apartheid Railway in Israel – Now It Wants in on HS2

Zakaria Odeh

Analysis: Is the Hague Finally About to Challenge Israeli Impunity?

Rania Muhareb

Opinion: The Tories’ Levelling Up Agenda is Just Thatcherism for Towns

Joe Duffy

Opinion: To the Free Speech Warriors of the Right, Only Some Speech Matters

Barnaby Raine

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Opinion: The Tories Think Decolonising the Curriculum Means Censorship. They Couldn’t Be More Wrong

Ali Meghji

Report: The Women Who Can’t Strike Today Are Exactly Why We Must

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: How Harry and Meghan Quit the Royal Family to Join the US Aristocracy

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: The Biden Administration Just Broke International Law. Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?

Aaron Bastani

Report: After Coronavirus, We Need a New Mental Health System

Sophie K Rosa

Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How the Arab Uprisings Were Drowned in Oil

David Wearing

Analysis: After All the Hype Over Budget 2021…That’s It?

James Meadway

Opinion: Now Isn’t the Time for a General Tax Hike – We Need to Target Those Who’ve Profited From the Pandemic

Ann Pettifor

Long Read: Keir Starmer is a Long-Time Servant of the British Security State

Oliver Eagleton

Analysis: The Tories’ Anti-Protest Clampdown Will Hit Black and Brown People Hardest

Zehrah Hasan, James Aiken and Callum Lynch

Report: A Doctor on Living Through a Month of Deadly Protests in Myanmar

Charlotte England

Report: Royal Mail Wants to Close Its Workers’ Nursery During the Pandemic

Shahed Ezaydi

Opinion: Until He Starts Talking About Rent Caps, Keir Starmer Isn’t Serious About Championing Business

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: Alexei Navalny Is a Complicated Figure – But a Gift to the Russian Left

Volodya Vagner

Opinion: A Spanish Company is Building an Apartheid Railway in Israel – Now It Wants in on HS2

Zakaria Odeh

Analysis: Is the Hague Finally About to Challenge Israeli Impunity?

Rania Muhareb

Opinion: The Tories’ Levelling Up Agenda is Just Thatcherism for Towns

Joe Duffy

Opinion: To the Free Speech Warriors of the Right, Only Some Speech Matters

Barnaby Raine

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