
Tag: austerity


Opinion: To Fight the Coming Storm, the Left Needs to Learn From the Anti-Austerity Movement
Michael Chessum
The next few years are likely to see the biggest crisis of capitalism, and the biggest assault on our rights and living standards, in any of our lifetimes. What can the British left learn from the anti-austerity movement about what the fightback should look like?

Opinion: Between Cutting the Deficit and Protecting Their Voter Base, the Tories Are Caught in a Bind
Grace Blakeley

Opinion: Now Is the Time for Labour to Completely Reject Austerity
Aaron Bastani

Opinion: While the Tories Remain in Power, Austerity Will Never Be Off the Agenda
Grace Blakeley

Coronavirus Means Unpaid Domestic Labour Might Finally Get the Recognition It Deserves
Grace Blakeley

7 Pandemic Demands to Make Sure Everyone Is Protected
Flannán Shell

Opinion: The 2020 Budget Shows the Tories Are Playing by New Rules
Aaron Bastani

Opinion: No Wonder Priti Patel Is a Bully, She’s Just Practicing Her Politics
Harriet Williamson

Opinion: People With Mental Health Problems Should Be Able to Talk About Politics, Not Just Their Conditions
Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Populist Austerity – This Is the Real Johnsonomics
Phil Jones

People Keep Starving to Death in Tory Britain
Harriet Williamson

The Race Against Time to Save London’s Latin Village
Alice Figes

Opinion: Labour Needs a Female Leader in Rebecca Long-Bailey
Harriet Williamson

GE2019: The Only Way is Tory? Resisting the Inevitable in the Conservative Heartlands of Essex
Oliver Durose
The Tories have been astoundingly successful at reframing cruelty as mere fatalism, argues Labour candidate Oliver Durose. In Essex and across the country the belief that inequality, injustice and unfairness are simply inevitable has permeated the consciousness of both its victors and its victims. We must change this.

GE2019: Austerity Was an Attack on Our Self-Esteem. We Deserve Better – Let’s Not Talk Ourselves Out of It
Phil Jones

GE2019: ‘But how is Labour going to pay for that?’ To Answer Effectively We Must Talk Politics, Not Economics
Grace Blakeley
