New Solidarities in Wales
The ‘clear red water’ of Welsh Labour has not run as red is it could have in the last few years. What role can Wales play in this election?
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Billy Anania
Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.
Labour’s Big Night
Last night’s resounding debate victory for Jeremy Corbyn exposed both Jo Swinson and Boris Johnson as out of touch with the concerns of working people – and can become a springboard to win this election.
Labour’s Offer to Young People
Today, Labour will launch its ‘Youth Manifesto’ offering fundamental change to millions of young people whose lives have been blighted by low pay, high rents and a government that has turned its back on them.
Trashing Peace in Northern Ireland
By lining up behind hardline loyalists and advocating impunity for state-sanctioned killings, the Tories have undermined decades of peace building in Northern Ireland in just a few short years.
The Arts for All
In the best of the party’s traditions, Labour’s manifesto for this election promises to open up the arts to those from all backgrounds – breaking a cycle which increasingly restricts cultural expression to an elite.
“Imposing Control Through Fire and Blood”
Bolivia’s exiled vice president Álvaro García Linera on how the country’s coup was organised, the money behind it – and its plans to retain power through violent repression.
Lifting the Floor
Labour’s manifesto shows that the party understands the urgency of the burning injustices that are stunting the lives of millions in Britain today – and is prepared to take action to end them.
Why Free Dental Care Matters
With 1 in 5 people skipping dental care because of costs resulting in thousands of preventable surgeries every year, Labour’s plan to introduce free dental checks can’t come a minute too soon.
Labour’s Green Revolution
Labour’s plans to invest in a million green jobs can transform the very parts of Britain decimated by Thatcher’s economic reforms – and begin to undo the damage of deindustrialisation.
Corbyn Comes Out Swinging
Tomorrow Jeremy Corbyn will launch Labour’s manifesto with a firebrand speech that takes on the elite who have rigged our economy – and promises a future worth fighting for.
Bolivia Lurches Towards Dictatorship
With the persecution of Evo Morales’ political party and the killing of indigenous protestors, Bolivia is fast sliding into a brutal dictatorship that makes a mockery of claims about restoring democracy.
The Tory Tax Cut Scam
In pledging to freeze corporation tax cuts, Boris Johnson has exposed a decade of Tory arguments that cutting taxes would increase revenue to be little more than a propaganda exercise for the super-rich.
The Tories’ Ten Years of Racism
From the hostile environment to Windrush and relentless Muslim-bashing, the Conservative record in government shows how comfortable the party is with racism.
The Free Market is Analogue
Labour’s broadband plans would bring Britain’s infrastructure into the 21st century while helping workers and businesses – exactly what the free market has failed to do for decades.
10 Things Every Voter Should Know About the NHS
After a decade of cuts and privatisation, the Tories are trying to claim the mantle of defenders of the NHS – here’s 10 points about their real record when it comes to public healthcare.
Feminism for the 1%
The Wing, London’s new private members’ club founded by a former Hillary Clinton aide, is the latest chapter in the story of capitalism covering itself in the veneer of women’s empowerment.
Keeping Britain White
The roots of the ‘Hostile Environment’ go a long way back – to the racial categories of the British Empire, and the classing of Jewish refugees as ‘aliens’.
Organising Hospitality
In modern Britain, sectors like hospitality have been designed to operate on low pay and precarious hours. The only solution is a trade union.
The Student Housing Scandal
This weekend’s fire in Bolton has exposed the dreadful quality of much of Britain’s student accommodation – a forest of plastic towers designed to maximise profit and minimise regulation.
The War on Latin America’s Left
Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa on the coup in Bolivia, the campaign to criminalise Latin America’s Left and the need to fight back against the far-right agenda on the continent.