Tag: coronavirus
Students, Here’s How to Organise a Rent Strike
Rosa Porter
Covid-19 Has Shown University Isn’t About Educating Young People – It’s About Exploiting Them
Aaron Bastani
Money Alone Won’t Fix the Care Crisis – We Need a Radical Rethink
Emma Dowling
Where’s the Support, Sunak?
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss Sunak’s lacklustre Job Support Scheme. Plus COVID chaos on UK campuses, why casual sex is still banned, Whittome sacked for opposing Torture.
The Tories’ New Support Scheme Shows They’re Adapting to Our New Reality. The Left Must Do the Same
James Meadway
Starmer’s Address to the Nation
Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial Respond to Keir Starmer’s Address to the Nation on Covid-19. Plus, top scientists say Johnson’s new restrictions aren’t good enough, China commits to carbon neutrality by 2060 and RLB’s replacement gets Labour in trouble.
‘It Scares Me to Think Where We’ll End Up’: The Renters Facing Homelessness Now the Eviction Ban Has Lifted
HG
Our Financialised Care System is Built on a House of Cards – We Urgently Need to Rebuild It
Annie Quick and Alice Martin
Johnson’s Address to the Nation
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani react to Johnson’s address to the nation.
Why the Decline of High Street Retail Could Have Troubling Consequences for Our Freedom
Alan Bradshaw
Second Wave Incoming
Coronavirus cases are doubling every week. Hospital admissions are rising. And – if Britain doesn’t change course – more deaths are on the way. That was the message from the UK’s Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Advisor in a live public broadcast this morning. Is it time to panic?? Plus, Labour’s online conference, the […]
Lockdown Reloaded
10 million people in the UK now live under local restrictions, and a nationwide lockdown looks to be incoming. Will the government come to regret bullying us into our offices, and giving us all discounts in pubs? Plus: why no-one understands government testing figures (including Matt Hancock); Priti Patel’s War on Cocaine; Joe Biden’s Beef […]
We Must Not Let the Government Blame Students for a Second Wave
Dana Mills
The Police Are Using Coronavirus to Crack Down on Protest
Rivkah Brown
Born Again Brexiteer
Since becoming Labour leader Keir Starmer has avoided taking concrete positions on matters of policy. However, on one issue he’s been crystal clear: It’s time to get brexit done. It is in direct contrast to the position he took as Brexit secretary under Jeremy Corbyn. How did Starmer go from being Labour’s remainer-in-chief, to a born […]
