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Opinion: The Labour Party’s Culture War Over Racism Has Pitted Marginalised Communities Against One Another

Ash Sarkar

The Labour party's selective objection to racism for factional purposes put Jewish members in the firing line of an internecine battle, pitted communities against one another, and threw black and Muslim members to the wolves, writes Ash Sarkar.

Opinion: Nobody Will Admit It, but Britain and America Were Defeated in Afghanistan

Aaron Bastani

Britain and America lost the war in Afghanistan, argues Aaron Bastani, but our media, and many of the politicians who cheered on an utterly senseless conflict, refuse to say it. As long as that remains the case we are likely doomed to repeat the same mistakes again and again.

Opinion: The Criminalisation of Solidarity With Rojava Should Worry Us All

Iida Käyhkö

The arrest of British YPG recruit Dan Newey's father and brother shines a light on the government's escalating campaign to criminalise people travelling to Northern Syria to join the Rojava revolution, writes Iida Käyhkö.

British Solidarity With Rojava Must Start at Home, With an End to the Hostile Environment

Fanny Malinen

European states won't challenge Erdogan's attack on Rojava because of the power Turkey has as the EU's south-eastern border wall. To show solidarity with the Kurdish-led democracy revolution, we need to challenge the hostile environment at home, argues Fanny Malinen.

‘Silence from the international community is killing us’: Union Activists on the Sudanese Uprising

Joe Hayns

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Sudan since late 2018, in what protesters are describing as a revolution. We asked activists from the Sudanese Doctor's Union UK branch what exactly is going on.

Long Read: Can Football Fans Resist the Far Right Surge?

Kieron Monks

From Tommy Robinson to the National Front to the Football Lads' Alliance, far-right organisers have long been trying to take over the beautiful game. Kieron Monks reports on football fans trying to stop the fascists once and for all.

Boris Johnson is Courting the Far-Right

Aaron Bastani

Boris Johnson's Islamophobic comments earlier this week weren't an unforced gaffe. The far-right is on the march, and with his eye on the prize of 10 Downing Street Boris is keen to impress them, argues Aaron Bastani.

4 Ways ’68 Was About So Much More Than the French May

Connor Woodman

This month marks the 50th anniversary of a mass uprising of students and workers in France. But as seismic as those events were, it’s important to view the French May as part of something much larger: a two-decade-long global upheaval which shook capitalism the world over.

Chemical Confusion: From Salisbury to Syria

Ben Tippet and Jack Browne

Accusations about the misuse of chemical weapons are increasingly defining British politics. But the inability to clarify responsibility can lead to conspiracy and propaganda, argue Ben Tippet and Jack Browne.

The Elite Stands to Lose Everything – No Wonder ‘Defeat Socialism’ is Its New Mission

Paul Mason

Clutching at unfounded fantasies, the Corbyn and McDonnell 'spy' smears show the desperation of an elite which is all out of credibility and ideas.

Why Is the Met Trying to Imprison an Ex-Squaddie Who Fought Isis?

Benjamin Walters

Jim Matthews, a 43-year-old ex-soldier who fought Isis in northern Syria alongside the YPG, is being charged by the Met with attending a terrorist training camp. Why are the police nicking ex-squaddies for doing the right thing?

Long Read: Power-Play in Palestine: The Controversial Return of Mohammad Dahlan

Courtney Yusuf

After five years of exile, Gaza sees the return of controversial politician Mohammad Dahlan, keen to strike a deal with the Hamas. What does this mean for Palestinian politics?

‘Pacifism; It’s Over’: The Story of Morocco’s Hirak Movement

Hassan Ashahbar, Thérèse Di Campo, and Joe Hayns

The Hirak movement, centred in Morocco's Rif region, demands social change: ‘a university, a hospital, and work’. It has been met by brutal repression by the Makhzan: a word for the combined apparatus of the ruling class. But the Makhzan is now on the back foot, and tomorrow's protest is set to be the biggest yet, report Hassan Ashahbar, Thérèse Di Campo, and Joe Hayns from Morocco.

Long Read: Lessons for the Anti-Fascist Left From a White Supremacist Conference

Matt Broomfield

Posing as a white supremacist, Matt Broomfield tried to learn how fascism works today and how to fight it. Here are some lessons for the anti-fascist left going undercover at a white supremacist conference.

Long Read: Where We Go From Here

Richard Seymour

Richard Seymour, author of Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, examines the snap election and the decline of Britain's hard centre, and argues, in the context of Labour's resurgence, where the Left must go from here.

Long Read: Uncertain Futures: Trump’s Foreign Policy in Asia

Isabel Barrios Pérez-Coca

Isabel Barrios Pérez-Coca examines relations between the Trump administration and East Asian countries, explaining why the future looks so unsure.

Filling Up Seats: Charter Flights and the UK’s Unlawful Deportation Tactics

Lotte Lewis Smith

One man has been deported into destitution in Nigeria without receiving an answer to his asylum claim, and was given only one day to challenge his removal. Here, he speaks about the experience of being locked up and forced onto a flight under the cover of darkness.

Long Read: ‘A real revolution is a mass of contradictions’: Interview with a Rojava Volunteer

Rojava Solidarity Cluster

Peter Loo headed for Rojava in October 2016. In this interview he reflects on his experiences so far, from politics and the economy, to feminism, meeting other volunteers, and Rojava's relationship to other combatants in the Syrian civil war.

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