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“We Refuse to Be Intimidated by Our University”: the King’s College Activists Fighting Back Against Racial Profiling

King's students

Earlier this month, King's College London was accused of banning a number of student activists from campus for posing a “security risk” during a visit from the Queen and Duchess of Cambridge. Writing anonymously, some of the students in question argue that what happened to them is part of a far bigger picture.

The Bastani Factor: A Crisis of the Imagination | Aaron Meets Rutger Bregman

“Taxes” was the word on everyone’s lips after the annual Davos conference this year. The man who had dared utter it amongst the financial elite was Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian whose no nonsense savaging of the establishment brought him viral fame. His latest book ‘Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There’ argues […]

Interview: “I’m Having the Time of My Life!” | Aaron Bastani & Ash Sarkar Meet John McDonnell

John McDonnell MP, the Shadow Chancellor, dropped in to the Novara Media studio at The World Transformed to discuss Marx, flak from the press, and drop hints on the identity of the future governor of the Bank of England.

Interview: What Replaces Capitalism? | Grace Blakeley Meets Paul Mason

At The World Transformed 2018 Grace Blakeley talks to Paul Mason about the consequences of Labour’s first steps towards moving beyond capitalism.

Novara FM: Vijay Prashad: Neoliberalism, Global Capital & the Indian Left

In a #NovaraFM special from TWT, James Butler is joined by Vijay Prashad to discuss neoliberalism, the transformations of global capitalism and the Indian Left.

Explainers: #Crapitalism: Lehman Brothers: 10 Years On

10 years ago today, Lehman brothers, one of the US’ largest and oldest banks, collapsed. The bank had $600m worth of assets on its books, making its bankruptcy the largest in American history. We all know what happened next. Grace Blakeley examines the 2008 financial crisis.

Is Capitalism Ruining Women’s Sex Lives?

Joana Ramiro

Under late capitalism the new 'Madonna' is drip-fed just enough sex, within the confines of a monogamous relationship, to keep her pliant; while the 'Whore' accumulates sexual encounters like capital, writes Joana Ramiro on Valentine's Day.

‘This Is Belonging’: How the Army Stole Utopia

Maddy Ridgley

A hypocritical and dangerous new recruitment drive by the British army promises working class men an escape from the loneliness and isolation of neoliberalism, using Instagram style ads and ideas of utopia taken from the anti-capitalist left.

IMOBastani: Carillion Shows the System Is Rigged

From hedge funds profiting to government negligence, when ‘business leaders’ talk about economic competence, they mean keeping the system rigged: for them.