September 2020
Race, class and Covid-19
30 September 2020 The inextricable links between race, poverty and exploitation have been highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Notes from Below
The antithesis of care
28 September 2020 Hilary Aked writes about the insidious role of Prevent, the government’s counter- extremism programme, in compromising mental health services
Am I a modern slave?
24 September 2020 Lyn Caballero describes her experiences as a migrant domestic worker and explains why domestic workers are campaigning for immigration policy change
Political blackness and Palestinian solidarity
22 September 2020 The question of Palestine has become a black political litmus test, argues Annie Olaloku-Teriba, defining the very nature of black identity and politics
After the virus: no return to the old economy
19 September 2020 As the Covid recession hits, Adam Peggs lays out alternative economic proposals the Labour left should be demanding
In and against, and outside, the party
15 September 2020 Following major defeats, the left on both sides of the Atlantic must urgently get stuck into community organising, movement building and political education, argues Joe Guinan
A tribute to Mike Cooley
14 September 2020 Co-creator of the Lucas Plan, Mike showed how the immense talent of workers could be deployed for social use rather than private profit, writes Phil Asquith
Build small, think big
12 September 2020 Phillip O’Sullivan looks at the role of community energy groups in disrupting the energy status quo
All eyes on Wet’suwet’en
10 September 2020 Suzanne Dhaliwal, in collaboration with Indigenous Climate Action, explains how the struggle to end Canada’s colonial violence is continuing in the face of fossil fuel extractivism
The downfall of Robin Hood Energy
8 September 2020 The sale of Robin Hood Energy doesn’t mean public ownership doesn’t work, but that we need to be more ambitious, argues Edward Dingwall
Conservation without colonialism
6 September 2020 Jennifer Johnson explores the structural underpinnings – and limitations – of carbon offsetting and related approaches to the climate crisis
The World Transformed: democratising the culture sector post lockdown
4 September 2020 Julie Saumagne and Sam Swann explore the links between worker exploitation and institutional elitism in the culture industry
What’s wrong with the Labour Party?
3 September 2020 The role Labour plays in maintaining the capitalist state makes it a crucial site for socialists to organise within, argues Luke Evans
A complete cock-up by government
2 September 2020 Amidst mishandling of the pandemic and absence of public trust, Sir David King tells Hilary Wainwright of the government consciously allowing Covid-19 to spread
