What’s the Point of GB News?
Aaron Bastani
Andrew Neil's new channel is the culmination of every negative impulse in Britain over the last 40 years.
Articles
Ignore the Naysayers: Anti-Imperialism Will Be Central to the Socialism of the 2020s
David Wearing
There's no need for the left to back away from internationalism post-Corbyn.
Queer Elders Are Going Into Care – And Back Into the Closet
Sophie K Rosa
Activists who started Pride are fighting for a care system that honours queer people in later life.
Grimes is Right About Communism and AI – Kind Of
Aaron Bastani
Is the musician a fully automated luxury communist?
The G7’s New Tax Deal Will Be What the Left Makes of It
Andrew Fisher
We got this far because we organised - and now we need to do so again.
Students’ Unions Are Demanding a Covid-19 Discount. They Should Be Demanding Much More
Sarah Cundy
Students aren’t consumers who’ve been mis-sold a product.
TERFs Don’t Speak for Women – But Don’t Take It From Me, Look at the Polls
Ell Folan
Perhaps we aren't marooned on TERF Island after all.
No, Big Oil Still Doesn’t Care About Saving the Planet
Connor Woodman
This isn't the 'sea change' in the fossil fuel industry we're being told it is.
Welcome to Slacker School: Learning From the Best How to Work the Least
Clare Hymer
'I played Xbox, got into Twitter wars and spent time with my kids.' Sounds dreamy.
It Isn’t Mental Health ‘Wokeness’ That’s Getting to Piers Morgan – It’s Fear of His Own Irrelevance
Ash Sarkar
Naomi Osaka has probably never even heard of him (we’re jealous).
Cummings’ Inquiry Hearing Was a Chance for Centrists To Do What They Do Best: Rehabilitate Rightwingers
Jamie Medwell
A few mea culpas later and all is forgiven and forgotten.
It’s the Housing Market, Stupid: How Property Became the Battle Line of British Politics
Samuel Earle
Our political landscape has been warped by a single asset.
Bitcoin’s Wild Fortnight Is a Reminder of Why Crypto Won’t Replace Conventional Currencies Any Time Soon
James Meadway
Elon Musk’s whims are nothing compared to the power of central banks.
A Brief History of the Taser, the ‘Less-Lethal’ Police Weapon That Keeps Killing People
Sandeep Sandhu
The police’s most controversial weapon is even worse than you thought.
Keir Starmer Is Dragging Down Labour in the Polls. Is It Time the Party Cut Him Loose?
Ell Folan
The leader doesn’t need a focus group to understand what happened in May - he needs a mirror.
Did China Just End Extreme Poverty?
Aaron Bastani
Not entirely, but it's virtually the only country to have made any progress.
We Are Occupying an Israeli-Owned Arms Factory to Protest Zionist Settler Colonialism
An activist occupying an arms factory in Leicester
'We can't condone what the Israeli state is doing; we have to take a stand.'
The Ceasefire in Gaza Shows Us Exactly Where the Power Lies in US-Israeli Relations
David Wearing
Yes, Israel is subject to the power of its imperial patron. But Washington is also vulnerable to pressure from the pro-Palestinian left.