Analysis: Big Tech’s Mission to Replace the Banks Will End in Tears
James Meadway
As long as profit is allowed to drive developments in fintech, the risks of catastrophic overreach remains, writes James Meadway.
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Opinion: The Collapse of the Arcadia Group Spells the End of Britain’s High Street – When Will Politicians Act?
Aaron Bastani
If the Tories continue to offer no analysis of capitalism beyond doing nothing and saying 'that’s the market', the crisis of Britain’s high street - and with it, household and regional inequality - will only get worse, writes Aaron Bastani. Instead, we must repurpose high streets for the public good.
Analysis: Can Big Oil Be Trusted Now?
Joe Sandler Clarke
In recent months, BP, Shell, Eni, Total and Equinor have all committed to achieving ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050. Joe Sandler Clarke takes a look at what’s really going on behind these new green pledges.
Opinion: 25 Years on From the Disability Discrimination Act, Disabled People Still Face Oppression and Injustice
Ellen Clifford
It's no wonder disability rights legislation has failed, writes Ellen Clifford, when the very category of disability is essential to upholding capitalism. Disabled people will never be gifted full equality under a system that, in order to justify itself, needs them to have a worse experience of life than those better suited for exploitation.
Opinion: Can We Go Green Without Plundering the Global South?
Harpreet Kaur Paul
Is it possible to decarbonise the Global North's energy supply chains without yet more wealth and resource extraction from the Global South? Only by prioritising flourishing for all, argues human rights lawyer Harpreet Kaur Paul.
Opinion: The Police Are Going Backwards On Institutional Racism – And Their Most Powerful Officer is In Denial
Ash Sarkar
Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick’s claim that nobody is being stopped and searched because of the colour of their skin is a gross insult to the public's intelligence, writes Ash Sarkar. Whatever progress has been made in tackling racism is now in retreat.
Report: Stop the Flight: Jamaica Deportation Shows Tories ‘Doubling Down’ on Hostile Environment, Activists Say
Sophie K Rosa
Just a week after a report found the government’s hostile environment policies broke equalities law and contributed to injustices faced by the Windrush generation, the Home Office plans to deport up to 50 men to Jamaica on Wednesday. Sophie K Rosa reports as activists race to stop the flight.
Opinion: The Left Must Stop Buying the Right’s Lie That They’ve Won the Working Class
Aurelien Mondon
The idea that Trump and Brexit were working-class revolts is a dangerous myth, one the president's recent electoral defeat has done little to dispel, writes Aurelien Mondon.
Long Read: Arctic Turbulence: Why Indigenous Communities Are Fighting Wind Farms
S Reid-Collins
Construction is continuing on the Øyfjellet Wind Park, which is set to become Norway's largest onshore wind farm. But the site runs right through the Jillen-Njaarke reindeer herding district, leading the Indigenous South Saami people to enter a battle for existence.
Opinion: Shielders Have Been Abandoned During Lockdown – It Can’t Happen Again
Jamie Hale
The government has failed shielding people in this second lockdown, argues Jamie Hale. It must act quickly and decisively to ensure they get the support they need and deserve.
Long Read: How Do We Solve a Problem Like Amazon?
Craig Gent
Amazon isn’t the type of problem that can simply be fixed, writes Craig Gent. In order to take on one of the defining companies of our era, we need to make Amazon's punishing work process our business.
Opinion: For the People and for the Planet – It’s Time to Make Amazon Pay
Casper Gelderblom
In just a few years, Amazon has established itself as a node in the circuitry of globalism capitalism. Today we launch a common movement to pull the plug, writes the Progressive International's Casper Gelderblom.
Report: Is Coronavirus Incubating a New Student Movement?
Sophie K Rosa
Universities duped students into returning to campus, only to lock them down in halls. Angry and abandoned, students have organised rent strikes, occupations and protests. Is the experience of Covid on campus radicalising a new generation? Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Joe Biden Is Toying With Forgiving Student Loans. He Should Wipe Them Out Altogether
Micah Uetricht
In a marked departure from his previously unsympathetic stance, Joe Biden is considering forgiving student loans. But while this is no doubt a welcome shift, argues Micah Uetricht, the left must now put pressure on Biden to go much further — and cancel them all.
Opinion: I’m a Discrimination Lawyer – the Labour Party Has Probably Broken the Law by Removing the Whip From Jeremy Corbyn
David Renton
It's unlikely Keir Starmer's punishment of his predecessor would stand up in court, writes specialist discrimination barrister David Renton.
Opinion: Sunak’s Spending Review Is a Drop of Water in a Desert – the Left Must Demand More
James Meadway
From divide-and-rule public sector pay freezes to ripe-for-corruption local spending schemes, Sunak's plan is radically insufficient for our current crisis. The left must forward an alternative, and quick, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: Who Will Represent the Young Now?
Ash Sarkar
Corbynism was a window in which young people were taken seriously, writes Ash Sarkar. But with Keir Starmer as Labour leader, that window has been firmly slammed shut – and likely with great political consequence.
Report: Sex Workers Denounce Instagram’s ‘Puritanical’ New Rules
Sophie K Rosa
As Instagram announces its updated terms of use, sex workers argue the restrictive new rules are designed to eject their already stigmatised and marginalised community from the platform, threatening their income and safety in the process. Sophie K Rosa reports.