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Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.
Rumours that Home Secretary Priti Patel was exploring the reintroduction of the death penalty were met with surprise – but it would just be the latest chapter in a decade of Tory governments devaluing human life.
The doomy sound of Belarusian group Molchat Doma has resonated with both western and eastern youth. Is it a musical Soviet nostalgia or something more telling about our own times?
The ‘big five’ tech giants – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft – have extraordinary control over our lives. Regulating them isn’t enough, they have to be brought under democratic public ownership.
Earlier this month, Ella Kissi-Debrah became the first British person to have air pollution recorded as a cause of death – but she won’t be the last. In poorer urban communities, it is increasingly a matter of life and death.
William Morris is most famous for his iconic patterns, but a new collection of his writings shows the other passion of his life: a conviction that only the overthrow of capitalism could liberate humanity.
In 1937, Tribune ran a Christmas editorial paying tribute to workers imprisoned in the struggle against fascism and capitalism – and calling for a renewed fellowship of labour across the world.
For Diggers leader Gerrard Winstanley, any Christianity which focused on individual salvation was bankrupt – Christ’s message was a revolutionary doctrine that demanded rebuilding society in the common interest.
In his literary works, Charles Dickens told the story of a society blighted by inequality – and the cruelty of a ruling class which kept so many living in grinding poverty.
Last week, a Southwark family won their appeal against a council which accused them of ‘deliberately’ overcrowding their one-bed flat – but there’s only one thing worth blaming for overcrowding: the lack of decent council housing.
Robert Tressell, author of ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists,’ was born 150 years ago. His writing left an indelible mark on the socialist movement — but the man himself was almost forgotten by history.
This month, domestic staff at Great Ormond Street hospital won an in-housing agreement with the help of their union. Their victory is one we should replicate across the NHS.
We republish Tony Benn’s classic lecture on the revolutionary social imperative of Christian teachings.
This week, Keir Starmer committed Labour to exploring greater powers for the Scottish parliament – but in rejecting outright the idea of a referendum, he undermined what little good will the party might have earned.
The new Strike Map UK initiative aims to put a spotlight on the scale of industrial action taking place across Britain – and build links of solidarity which can strengthen the working-class movement.
For decades, governments have been justifying tax cuts for the rich by arguing they would create wealth and benefit society. The evidence is now overwhelming – they were lying.
The government’s decision to hand England’s test-and-trace system over to Serco has been an unmitigated disaster. As millions suffer the consequences, it’s time they’re removed from our public health system for good.
Frustrated by the conservatism of Britain’s scientific establishment – and the growing popularity of eugenics – a group of radicals led by J. D. Bernal set out to harness science’s capacities for social transformation.
The political sparring over reproductive healthcare in the US is notorious, but there’s another struggle going on, too – one between abortion clinic staff and their union-busting bosses.
Billionaires like Elon Musk want to project the same capitalist logic that is destroying Earth into outer space – they won’t succeed, but their ego trips might prevent us from using technology to improve human life.
Priti Patel’s Home Office has announced plans to house asylum seekers in a prison-style complex. The aim is simple: to criminalise people who seek the human right of sanctuary.