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Opinion: Nationalisation of Airlines Could Lead to Political-economic Transformation – If the Left Can Get Organised

In response to Covid-19, an increasing number of airlines are being nationalised with a view to re-privatising them as soon as the pandemic is over. But if the left can get organised and put pressure on these companies, argues Grace Blakeley, the recovery from coronavirus could also be a time of working class empowerment.

Lockdown Is Revealing the Need for Land Reform in the UK

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed issues concerning our access to land and housing, and the limits on our right to occupy common space. When lockdown is lifted, we must demand a land reform which affords space for us all, argues Yali Banton-Heath.

Asylum Seeker Evictions Will Cause ‘crisis on the streets of Glasgow’, Charities Warn

A housing provider has announced it will resume a controversial policy to evict hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow, in a move charities say will leave scores of vulnerable people street homeless. Serco, which until recently held the government contract to house asylum seekers in the Scottish city, first announced plans to evict people denied […]

‘Like an A&E run by Virgin Active’: Physiotherapy Firm Awarded £86m NHS Mental Health Contract

An NHS mental health contract has been awarded to a private company with next to no track record delivering IAPT services, in an unprecedented example of the escalating privatisation of Britain's healthcare. Sophie Hemery investigates for Novara Media.

The 21st Century Needs Public Ownership

The 21st century has presented a set of challenges that private companies are ill suited to respond to. Cat Hobbs argues why embracing public ownership is the answer.

When We Own It: The Politics of Public Ownership

James Butler is joined by Cat Hobbs of We Own It and Andrew Towers of the CWU to discuss public ownership in the 21st century.

Privatisation Is Creating Unfair Access to Immigration Services

The government recently outsourced visa application centres to private company Sopra Steria. Inconsistencies in the service – which is free in some parts of the country and not in others – and inadequate customer care highlight the dangers of privatising a vital public service.

Outsourcing Incarceration: Privitisation in Britain’s Immigration Detention Estate

The private companies that run Britain's detention centres have repeatedly failed to protect the rights, dignity and safety of the people they imprison. But the Home Office has created a system in which it is incredibly difficult to hold them to account.

Public Ownership Means Ensuring the Future of Public Services Works for All

Far from being tied to notions of top-down bureaucratic management, John McDonnell's plans for public ownership are about empowering workers and consumers alike. It's a welcome step towards ensuring public services in the 21st century, writes Paul Mason.

Profits For Investors: The Political Economy of PFI

Following the collapse of Carillion, it would be easy to say private finance intiatives (PFIs) simply don't work. But governments from Major to Blair to May have pursued the PFI agenda despite its terrible record - so who does it work for?

The Peckham Terminator

Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly welcome Tony Blair’s former director of political operations John McTernan to All The Best to discuss their competing world views in a comradely fashion.

Choo-Choo! All Aboard the Deselection Express!

Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin celebrate the completion of Jeremy Corbyn’s Red Army Takeover of the Labour Party.

Britain’s Prison Industrial Complex

The Lockdown is a show all about prisons and the criminal justice system in Britain. Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann discuss what the prison industrial complex looks like in Britain and why privatisation in the prison system matters.

We Will Lose Our NHS

Aaron shows four key areas where the NHS is in freefall. The solution to the present crisis? More resources, an end to outsourcing and, of course, the resignation of Jeremy Hunt.

The Meaning of Home

The UK is in the grip of an acute housing shortage. Prices are sky high and not nearly enough new homes are being built. But even for those who do manage to get accommodation, it is often unstable and of poor quality, with the threat of eviction omnipresent.

Long Read: Campesinos Against Climate Change: The Fight for Economic Justice in Colombia

In the second of our features on social justice movements in Colombia, Milo Phillips reports on how climate change and neoliberal economic reforms have endangered the livelihoods of farmers - and how they are fighting back.

Long Read: Redeveloped into Fuel Poverty: The Story of Myatts Field North.

The 'redevelopment' of the Myatts Field North estate in Lambeth, South London has lead to the effective eviction of many residents - whilst those who remain face worsening conditions and fuel poverty. It stands in grim testimony to the failures of PFI schemes.

How to Open up a Second Front in the Battle for the NHS

Today's all-out junior doctors' strike marked a step up in the fight for the NHS: not only was it the first healthcare strike where emergency cover was left to consultants, but supporters also targeted those who stand to gain from the privatisation of the NHS.