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Arsenal Sued For Unfair Dismissal of Employee Who Supported Palestine
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Legal team of Arsenal kit manager of 22 years who was fired on Christmas Eve argue the club prioritised a perceived PR risk over the right to political expression. Polly Smythe reports.
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Big Tech Is Making Our Children Depressed and Anxious. Here’s How

Aaron Bastani meets Jonathan Haidt

Is Big Tech destroying childhood?

Nakba Day 2025: We Existed Then, We Exist Now, We Will Continue to Exist

Selma Dabbagh
We are in the deadliest phase of Nakba.

Greens, Please – Stop Looking Like the Establishment

Adam Ramsay
‘Credibility’ won’t cut it.
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Independent MPs Shame Lobby Journalists for Not Doing Their Jobs in the Face of Genocide

Harriet Williamson
Opinion

Reform Is the Political Arm of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Harriet Williamson
Reform party leader Nigel Farage and newly elected Reform MP Sarah Pochin, with fellow Reform MPs Richard Tice, James McMurdock and Lee Anderson, 6 May 2025. Toby Melville/Reuters
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Apple Organising Drive Spreads to England in Face of Union-Busting ‘Playbook’

Polly Smythe
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Ministers Accused of ‘Lying’ About Arms Exports to Israel

Simon Childs
Opinion

Here’s How Reform Will Betray Its Voters

Steven Methven
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What’s It Like to Love a Political Prisoner?

Clare Hymer
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My Elderly In-Laws Fell Prey to a Parasitic Care ‘Platform’

Alexander Ratcliffe
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Are India and Pakistan Gambling With Nuclear War?
Richard Hames Meets Mohamad Junaid

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Why the Left Fails to Connect With People

Ash Sarkar meets Jimmy The Giant

How I escaped the alt-right pipeline.

A New Era for the World’s Billion Catholics

Richard Hames Meets Matthew Sitman

An American Pope!?

Gen Z’s Search for Meaning

Ash Sarkar meets Lamorna Ash

Is Christianity Back?

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Trump Announces “Comprehensive” Trade Deal With UK

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Israel Destroys Yemen’s Main Airport

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Israeli Cabinet Approves Plan to “Capture All of Gaza”

2 May 2025

Farage’s Reform Blows Apart Two Party System

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Are India and Pakistan Gambling With Nuclear War?

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A New Era for the World’s Billion Catholics

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10 April 2025

How the West Tried to Co-opt Iranian Feminism

Kurdish, Baloch and Palestinian feminists are fighting to be heard.
3 April 2025

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27 March 2025

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The ACFM crew ask whether the idea of the hero is a right-wing fantasy.

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Should Revolutionaries Fall in Love? Reading Alexandra Kollontai

The ACFM gang read a classic communist text by Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai.
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Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs ‘Acid’

On their 50th Trip, the gang wonder why ‘acid’ has retained its potency in politics and culture.
9 March 2025

What’s the Point in Art When the World Is on Fire?

The author of Acts of Resistance makes the case for creativity in a crisis.
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Big Tech Is Making Our Children Depressed and Anxious. Here’s How
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The Real Point of Trump’s Tariffs. Aaron Bastani meets Slavoj Žižek
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Arsenal Sued For Unfair Dismissal of Employee Who Supported Palestine
Why the Left Fails to Connect With People
Here's How Reform Will Betray Its Voters

World

Opinion
A Palestinian artist draws a mural depicting ‘Nakba’ in Gaza City, 14 May 2011.
Nakba Day 2025: We Existed Then, We Exist Now, We Will Continue to Exist
Independent MPs Shame Lobby Journalists for Not Doing Their Jobs in the Face of Genocide
A New Era for the World's Billion Catholics

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Liz Kendall looks evil
Labour Wants to Force Banks to Spy on Their Most Vulnerable Customers
Why Starmerism Can’t Survive Contact With Reality
This Much We Agree On: Britain Is in Decline

Organised Labour

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Apple Organising Drive Spreads to England in Face of Union-Busting 'Playbook'
London Uber Drivers Are Drowning in Debt As TfL Delays Renewing Licences
Labour Delays Repeal of Anti-Trade Union Law Ahead of Austerity 2.0

Conservative Party

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Former home secretary Priti Patel in Westminster. Image: REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Revealed: How Priti Patel Influenced Anti-Terror Cops Over Palestine Protests
Tory Councillor Accused of Smearing Teenager As Antisemite for Palestine Petition
2024 Round Up: Gaza, Starmer and the Death of Woke

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Opinion
Reform party leader Nigel Farage and newly elected Reform MP Sarah Pochin, with fellow Reform MPs Richard Tice, James McMurdock and Lee Anderson, 6 May 2025. Toby Melville/Reuters
Reform Is the Political Arm of the Fossil Fuel Industry
Was Prison Worth It?
What’s It Like to Love a Political Prisoner?

Economics

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The Real Point of Trump's Tariffs
What Disability Benefit Cuts Reveal About Labour’s Grasp of Economics
We Have to Break up With the USA

Environment

Committed
How Does It Feel When They Choose Activism Over You?
How Do Climate Activists Cope in Prison?
Goodbye to Just Stop Oil. Or Is It?

Policing

Committed
What Kind of Person Goes to Prison for Their Politics?
The Pro-Palestine Activists Imprisoned for Months Without Being Found Guilty of Any Crime
Police 100 Times More Likely Than Average Person to Be Convicted of Cybercrime

Housing

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Buy-to-Let Landlords Are Dodging Tax En Masse
Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are
Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?

Society

Downstream
Big Tech Is Making Our Children Depressed and Anxious. Here's How
64: What Is the Female Gaze?
Gen Z's Search for Meaning

History

Interview
Professor Avi Shlaim
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Everything We’re Told About the History of the West Is Wrong
Why Are So Many People Lonely?

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Warehouse Workers Are Too Tired to See a Way Out
No Other Land Has Exposed the Film Industry’s Cowardice
The Billionaire Landlord Battling a Beloved London Cinema

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Should Revolutionaries Fall in Love? Reading Alexandra Kollontai
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Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs 'Acid'

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