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A group of people stands outside a church building holding London Renters Union placards

Report: How We Won: The Housing Campaigners Who Forced Councils to Protect Renters

by Sophie K Rosa

The London Renters Union used May's local elections to force councils to choose: are you with us or against us? Sophie K Rosa reports on a bold campaign.

Analysis: How State-Sanctioned Multiculturalism Killed Radical Anti-Racism in Britain

by Ilyas Nagdee & Azfar Shafi

The 1980s saw grassroots solidarity-building supplanted by milquetoast representation politics, write Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nadgee in this extract from their new book.

Analysis: How Striking Lecturers Won Their Students’ Support

by Alessio Koliulis

On the final day of UCU strikes, academic Alessio Koliulis reflects on the rebuilding of staff-student solidarity.

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Analysis: At Last, the Gaming Industry Is Unionising

by OS Warren

The gaming industry is notoriously devoid of unions. Yet as misogyny and overwork take their toll on workers, that’s beginning to change, writes OS Warren.

IWGB Uber drivers protest

Report: With Uber Paying Peanuts, Exploited Drivers Are Cancelling Rides

by Polly Smythe

Uber is blaming a driver shortage for costly fares, long wait times and multiple cancellations. Drivers, however, say the root of these problems is the company’s exploitation of its workforce. Polly Smythe reports.

Photo: Neil Howard

ACFM: Microdose: Organising for Revolution With Rodrigo Nunes

Keir and Jem thrash out the future of political organisation with author Rodrigo Nunes.

Uber driver protest IWGB

Opinion: I’m an Uber Driver. Me and Hundreds of Others Are Going on Strike to Demand the Rights We Deserve

by Rema Diallo

On Wednesday, hundreds of Uber drivers will go on strike. Driver Rema Diallo explains why.

A demonstrator skateboards in front of a burning police vehicle during a protest against a new proposed policing bill, in Bristol, Britain, March 21, 2021

Long Read: What Happened to Kill the Bill?

by Rivkah Brown

The PCSC bill is on the brink of entering law, and yet the movement to kill it has all but evaporated. Activists haven’t given up, though - they’re simply changing gear to a longer-term project of abolition. Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: This Year’s the World Transformed Is the Perfect Opportunity for the Left to Rebuild Itself

by Mark Montegriffo and Adele Walton

After election defeats, the decimation of the Labour party and a devastating global pandemic, this year's The World Transformed festival offers a much-needed opportunity for the left to come together to build a strategy to win back power.

Analysis: Anarchism Shaped David Graeber. Then He Shaped Anarchism

by Shane Little

Having first discovered the ideology as a teenager, David Graeber used his experiences as an activist and an anthropologist to develop his own theory of anarchism, one that is rooted in practice and the belief that we can remake the world at any given moment.

Sharon Graham

Analysis: Forget Party Politics. For Unite’s New Boss, Organising Is the Top Priority

by Conrad Landin

Sharon Graham's shock victory in the Unite leadership election signals the union is moving away from party politics to embrace workplace organising - a move that could truly transform labour relations in Britain.

A group of workers stand with raised fists behind a banner that reads 'United Voices of the World'

Opinion: I’m a Care Worker and I’m on Strike – Here’s Why

by Andrene

After months of failed negotiations with management, workers at SAGE care home in Golders Green, north London, are going on strike this weekend. Here, one carer sets out what she's fighting for: not just her colleagues and residents, but the entire care industry.

Report: Teachers’ Unions Won Big This Week. They’re Just Getting Started

by Rivkah Brown

The Tories' U-turn on schools was not merely the product of circumstance, but months of teacher organising. Now, with a multiplying membership and renewed confidence, unions are setting their sights beyond the pandemic to transforming their entire profession. Rivkah Brown reports.

Crowds holding Biden-Harris placards celebrate the announcement of their victory in the US election

Analysis: Here’s How the Left Builds on Biden’s Victory

by Max Berger

Amidst the rubble of the Trump era, the American left has a historic opportunity to redefine what’s politically possible. The neoliberal establishment governs, but does not convince. The left must step into the void of leadership, and translate the popularity of our ideas into power.

Report: Welcome to Strike School, the Programme Teaching Global Workers to Fight Back

by Sophie K Rosa

Renowned trade union organiser Jane McAlevey has teamed up with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation to teach thousands of workers around the world how to get organised - a skill never more useful than during the pandemic. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Courier riders stacking delivery containers.

Analysis: The Frontline of the Struggle Against Platform Capitalism Lies in São Paulo

by Callum Cant

Angry food delivery workers in São Paulo are at the heart of new intra-continental solidarity networks in Latin America. But despite pulling off one of the biggest ever strikes against platform capitalism, familiar barriers to organising still need to be overcome, writes Callum Cant.

An IWGB demonstration.

Opinion: Big Unions Aren’t Up to the Job Anymore

by Lydia Hughes

Unions have a crucial role to play in determining who benefits from changes to the nature of work. But many established unions are already struggling to keep up, writes Lydia Hughes, leaving smaller, newer unions to try to meet the changing needs of modern workers.

A shopper carrying a supermarket basket.

Analysis: Organising in Supermarkets Means Overcoming Barriers in the Sector – and in the Trade Unions

by Max O'Donnell Savage

The future of supermarkets is both the future of a socially necessary service and the future of around 1m workers in the UK today. But overcoming the barriers to organising in the sector means getting to grips with its complexities - and accounting for the failures of unions like Usdaw. Max O'Donnell Savage writes.