Opinion: No, School Isn’t Making Kids ‘Woke’
by Aaron Bastani
Young people aren’t more leftwing because they’re being brainwashed at school. They’re more leftwing because they’ve lived under neoliberalism, writes Aaron Bastani.
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Analysis: Right to Buy 2.0 is an Unmitigated Disaster
by Ell Folan
Boris Johnson’s bright idea for winning back young voters is only going to deepen their misery, writes Ell Folan.
Report: The Met Could Be Sued Over Its Racist Gang Database
by Sophie K Rosa
A Black musician, with the help of legal advocacy groups, is trying to take the Met to court over its discriminatory watchlist of young people supposedly involved in ‘gangs’. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Analysis: The British Empire Wasn’t Just About Race
by Kojo Koram
Young people are waking up to the fact that the British empire was not just about identity and race, but about poverty and wealth, democracy and control, writes Kojo Koram.
Opinion: Older Generations Can’t Deal With the Fact They’ve Had It Easy
by Aaron Bastani
When Kirstie Allsopp bought her house, the average house price was £51,000 – today it’s £270,000. Still, writes Aaron Bastani, older people must castigate the young or risk losing something precious: victimhood.
Analysis: Generation Left Might Not Be That Left After All
by James Meadway
The left is wrong to take young people’s support for granted, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: The Tories’ Covid-19 Strategy Pits Young and Old Against Each Other
by Ameya Tripathi
The government is using its widely condemned 'focused protection' strategy to stir up a culture of fear between generations in a cynical and dangerous bid to retain political power, writes Ameya Tripathi.
Opinion: Who Will Represent the Young Now?
by Ash Sarkar
Corbynism was a window in which young people were taken seriously, writes Ash Sarkar. But with Keir Starmer as Labour leader, that window has been firmly slammed shut – and likely with great political consequence.
Opinion: We Must Not Let the Government Blame Students for a Second Wave
by Dana Mills
It isn't safe for students to return to university campuses, and letting them do so gives the government somebody else to blame if Covid cases rise again. Dana Mills argues that lecturers must heed the call of unions and learn from the example of the United States, and insist that teaching happens online.
Opinion: The Government Scrimped on School Safety. Now Students and Staff Are Paying the Price
by James McAsh
Just over a week since schools reopened, coronavirus outbreaks are forcing hundreds of pupils across the UK back home. Primary teacher and trade unionist James McAsh reports on an avoidable crisis.
Opinion: Boris Johnson Wants to Blame Young People for Coronavirus. He Has Nobody to Blame but Himself
by Liam Young
The government has settled on a scapegoat for the recent spike in Covid-19 cases: young people. Yet from rushing children back to school to breaking their own rules with impunity, it's clear who's really at fault, writes Liam Young.
Opinion: Rishi Sunak Isn’t Interested in Helping Young People – Free Labour Is Good for Business
by Ellen Clifford
The chancellor's plan to invest billions in 'creating jobs for young people' sounds sensible amid the sharpest ever rise in unemployment. But anti-welfare reform campaigners recognise his proposals for what they are, writes Ellen Clifford: an expansion of workfare, designed to benefit businesses at the expense of workers.
NovaraFM: Generation Left?
James Butler is joined by Keir Milburn to discuss his new book ‘Generation Left’.
7 Reasons Voting Tory Means You Hate Your Children
by The KM Collective
From their assaults on education, housing, healthcare, and working conditions, to their destructive environmental policy and draconian surveillance record, here are 7 reasons voting Tory means you hate your kids.
How Young Voters Could Defeat the Tories in Key Marginals
by Mark McDonagh and Claire Frank
People aged 18-24 are least likely to vote on 8 June, and it's no coincidence they're the demographic most disillusioned with mainstream politics. In a this original study, Mark McDonagh and Claire Frank show how young people could significantly alter the predicted outcome of this general election.
Long Read: ‘We are socialists, they are social democrats’: An Interview with Austria’s Socialist Youth
by James McAsh
Julia Herr, chair of Socialist Youth Austria, spoke to us about socialism, the rise of the far-right Freedom party and the crisis of social democracy.
Canada’s Housing Bubble Warns What Happens When a Community’s Lifeblood Drains Away
by A.R. Naraghi
Rising house prices and a lack of community involvement are driving young people out of Canadian cities, sending a warning of what happens when investment portfolios are prioritised over homes.
#Romanos: How Greece is Being Set Alight by an Anarchist on Hunger Strike
by Niki Seth-Smith
A 21 year old man's life is hanging in the balance as this is being published. Nikos Romanos hasn't eaten for more than three weeks and his death looks set to spark mass civil unrest in Athens and across Greece.