Work Doesn’t Have to Get Worse
For years, conditions in Britain’s workplaces have been deteriorating amid stagnant wages, insecure hours and a lack of protections – but in this election workers have a chance to vote for something better.
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Billy Anania
Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.
The Tories’ Creeping Authoritarianism
The last decade has seen the Conservative Party run a concerted campaign against democratic and civil rights – if they win next week, all indications are that it will get much worse.
Tackling Regional Inequality
For decades, Britain’s economic growth has been trapped in London at the expense of the rest of the country – Labour’s regional manifestos demonstrate how that cycle could be broken.
Pushing Back Against the Tech Giants
Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Charter of Digital Rights’ is an urgently needed response to corporate surveillance, algorithmic interference in politics and the data-for-profit industry.
Fighting for Healthcare Across the Atlantic
On both sides of the Atlantic socialists are united in a common struggle: for healthcare to be a human right, not a commodity.
England’s Tightest Marginal
In 2017, Labour lost out in Southampton Itchen by just 31 votes. Now the party is determined to win back a working-class constituency that exemplifies the challenges facing the postindustrial south.
The Lib Dems’ Attack on Workers
During their time in government, Jo Swinson and her Lib Dem colleagues set about pricing thousands of workers who were unfairly sacked out of access to justice.
The Great NHS Sell Off
Recently released figures show the staggering extent of NHS privatisation – with £15 billion worth of contracts outsourced to private companies since 2015 alone.
Tory Foreign Policy is a Disgrace
Weapons sales to oppressive regimes, humanitarian disasters and covert wars with no accountability – the Tories’ foreign policy is a disaster which the British press refuses to challenge.
In Trump’s Shadow
Ahead of today’s NATO Summit, Britain faces a choice – line up behind Trump’s America on the world stage, or break with it and pursue a foreign policy of peace under Jeremy Corbyn.
The Choice Facing the North
In this election the North of England will choose between a Labour Party that is fighting to tackle regional inequality – and a Tory Party that has spent the last decade deepening it.
The SPD Turns Left
This weekend Germany’s SPD defied its party establishment to elect a left-wing duo to leadership – and breathe life back into the country’s socialist politics.
Tech for the People
We spoke to some of Britain’s tech worker co-ops to find out how Labour’s policy of free, full-fibre broadband could help liberate tech from corporate giants and put it to social use.
Ending the Rail Nightmare
Labour in government will end a miserable decade for Britain’s commuters by bringing rail into the 21st century with nationalisation, cheaper fares and real investment in improving services.
Green Policies for the Working Class
Labour’s Green Industrial Revolution isn’t just about tackling climate change, it’s about improving the lives of working people – with quality public transport, well-paying jobs and cheaper energy.
Burying Pinochet
Chile’s protest movement is targeting the neoliberal legacies of the Pinochet regime – including a pension system privatised by a partnership of fascists and free-marketeers.
Tackling Racial Injustice
It’s not perfect, but Labour’s race and faith manifesto is the boldest anti-racist programme ever put forward by a major party at election time – and is needed now more than ever.
Why the North Needs a Green New Deal
The next government needs to show that it’s serious about economic prosperity outside of London and is prepared to tackle the fallout from deindustrialisation. It’s time for a Green New Deal for the North.
Justice for Our Miners
After decades of government neglect, Labour is promising real justice for Britain’s miners and coalfield communities with proper pensions and specialised health checks for work-related illnesses.
Ending Thatcherism
Forty years after Thatcher rose to power, the parts of Britain she decimated with deindustrialisation, privatisation and cuts have the opportunity in this election to bury her legacy once and for all.