Remembering ‘Big’ Jim Larkin
James Larkin, leader of the 1913 Dublin Lockout, died on this day in 1947. An exceptional orator and Ireland’s most influential trade unionist, he came from what Marx once called “the great heart of the proletariat.”
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Billy Anania
Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.
The Mutiny of the Mini-Capitalists
The Reddit-fuelled GameStop short squeeze isn’t a threat to capitalism, because the rich can’t be beaten at their own game – but it does show the power of collective action to expose corrupt systems.
How New York’s Market Workers Fought Back
This week, a 1,400-worker strike in Hunts Point, New York won an immediate raise with no concessions. It’s a sign that the US labour movement is beginning to reclaim its militant roots.
Green Capitalism Is Losing the War for the Planet
Around the world, politicians herald the growth of renewable energy – but the bitter reality is that green capitalism is failing to overcome fossil fuels. To save the planet, we need a break from the market.
The Solution to the Housing Crisis: More Council Houses
The rallying cry to ‘build more housing’ has gained momentum across the political spectrum – but solving the housing crisis is about affordability and access, not supply. We need housing for public good, not private profit.
Behind the British Gas Strike
As the British Gas strike returns to the picket, we speak to the workers involved – about the threat to their family lives, bullying ‘fire and rehire’ tactics, and how one company’s celebration of key workers rang hollow.
The Ancient Roots of Trespass
The Tory government’s plan to make trespass a criminal offence is part of a centuries-old tradition: using the law to protect wealthy landowners at the expense of our right to roam.
The Covid Class War
The global pandemic has pushed between 200 and 500 million people into extreme poverty, while the richest have added $3.9 trillion to their fortunes. Covid-19 is not a crisis impacting us all equally – it’s a class war.
The Department for Deloitte
Tory peer James Bethell once helped Deloitte get government contracts as a private lobbyist. Now, as a health minister, he has overseen a test and trace system which employs 1,127 of their consultants.
Remembering Howard Zinn
On the anniversary of Howard Zinn’s death, we recall his life as a radical public intellectual – and his contributions to building a people’s history.
Renewing the Struggle Against the Far-Right on Holocaust Memorial Day
Today’s far-right mocks the Holocaust to minimise its horrors. In remembering its victims, our task is to reveal how racist ideologies made it possible – and why solidarity is the most powerful form of resistance.
22. No Holding Back: An Interview with Ian Lavery and Laura Smith
In this week’s A World to Win, Grace speaks to former Labour Chair Ian Lavery MP and former MP Laura Smith about the party, the impact of Brexit, and the future of the Left after the pandemic.
Britain’s ‘Herd Immunity’ Disaster Was Neoliberalism in Action
As Britain passes 100,000 deaths, Boris Johnson says his government did everything it could. But make no mistake: the Covid catastrophe is a consequence of putting profits before public health.
Bill Douglas and His Folk
Scottish director Bill Douglas made compelling cinema about his upbringing in a mining village and the Tolpuddle martyrs – but in the decades since his death, it has become far harder to be a working-class filmmaker.
48 Hours Is Already Too Much
Yesterday’s debate on the EU Working Time Directive confirmed the Tories’ hostility to even the most basic of workers’ rights – but it also proved that the Left needs to demand something better than the status quo.
Angela Davis: ‘Their Democracy and Ours’
On Angela Davis’ birthday, we republish her interview with filmmaker Astra Taylor on economic democracy, criminal justice, and the need for a socialist internationalism.
Covid-19 Is Widening Britain’s Economic Inequality
One in five people have gone further into debt during Covid-19, while the richest use their assets to insulate themselves against losses – the end result is economic inequality on steroids.
The Gap in Sleep Equality
Sleep is crucial to mental and physical health. As the pandemic has made clear, it’s also a scarce resource — one of which key workers are increasingly deprived, with dire consequences.
No Going Back to ‘Normal’
As vaccination numbers rise, politicians are preaching an imminent return to normal life — but for the millions living in poverty across the country, normal has long been unbearable.
Teachers Are Not Disposable
The government has claimed for months that schools are not hubs of infection, but new data proves their lie: and shows that education workers have double the Covid rate of the wider population.