It’s Time to Be Honest about Housing
For decades terms like ‘affordable,’ ‘social,’ ‘mixed’ have been used as cover for market failures in housing – it’s time to move on from those schemes and commit to a real solution: council housing.
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Billy Anania
Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.
A Union of Work and Desire
The makers of an exhibition on working class queer bodies in the industrial heartland of Russia reflect on art, censorship and politics.
Momentum’s Election Gameplan
In 2017’s general election comeback, Momentum played a key role in mobilising Labour supporters across the country. This time they plan to go one further – and help Labour into Downing Street.
The Right to Housing
In this election, Labour can turn the entire debate about housing upside down. It must not miss that chance.
Green New World
This year’s Oslo Architecture Triennale moved away from the corporate flash of most architecture events to imagine a world of environmentally-sustainable futures.
Saving Local Government
Nine years of Tory cuts have left local government in Britain on its knees with budgets decimated by 60%. Labour’s manifesto should commit to radical plans to rebuild our councils.
Scrap the Anti-Union Laws
Court judgements like those in the CWU case show that there is no effective right to strike in the UK. It’s time to scrap the anti-union laws and put power back into workers’ hands.
Internet for All
Today Labour has announced plans to provide full-fibre broadband free to everyone in Britain through a new public company. It can be the start of a truly democratic approach to the internet.
Spain’s Left-Wing Coalition
After months of refusal, Spain’s PSOE has finally agreed to a left-wing coalition with Unidas Podemos. Now the hard work of defining its programme begins.
Debunking the Grenfell Lies
This week Liberal Democrat Sam Gyimah claimed that Labour MP Emma Dent Coad was partly responsible for the Grenfell tragedy – here, she debunks his allegation and calls on him to apologise for the smear.
Royal Mail’s Establishment Stitch-up
Yesterday, the votes of 110,000 postal workers to strike were thrown out by the High Court. It was just another example of how Britain’s laws and courts are rigged against workers.
The British Leyland Concerto
Stuart Whipps’ exhibition about the 1970s British car industry reconstructs the trappings of post-war working class life, and offers ideas of how to go beyond it.
Bolivia’s Far-Right Coup
In Bolivia, the military, police and right-wing extremists have carried out a coup against the elected government. They intend to remain in power by violently suppressing the country’s indigenous and poor.
System Change, Not Climate Change
A Green New Deal requires nothing less than bringing the globalised financial system under the authority of nation states, argues Ann Pettifor.
The Bauhaus at 100
A flurry of works on the centenary of the Bauhaus have explored its legacy – but too many of them echo the conservative ideas the school was founded to fight against.
The Tories’ War on the NHS
The Tories have despised the public ethos of the NHS since it was founded. In power, they have privatised its services any chance they could – often making handsome profits in the process.
Austerity’s Little Helpers
The Lib Dems want to reduce this election to Brexit because their record in government – including Jo Swinson’s time as minister – helped to deepen many of Britain’s worst injustices.
Winning the Online War
Viral online campaigning – from videos to memes – is likely to play a larger role in this election than any other. That could be to Labour’s benefit.
Britain’s Working Time Crisis
Britain’s workers now work longer than any others in the EU, as a century’s worth of progress on working hours unravels. The only way to reverse the trend is to strengthen workers’ rights.
Comrades at War
After the First World War, thousands of veterans returned from the front lines and fought for their rights against an establishment that was happy to discard them.