Economics, unions and work

As privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism generate new forms of exploitation, we cover the failing economic status quo, the growth of alternatives and the voices of workers organising resistance

As privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism generate new forms of exploitation, we cover the failing economic status quo, the growth of alternatives and the voices of workers organising resistance

  • Black and white image of protesting Lucas Aerospace workers from documentary The Plan

    Looking forwards to the Lucas Plan

    An idea from fifty years ago offers solutions to today’s economic, technological and environmental crises, writes Adrian Smith

  • Six book covers on a green and brown background

    Book previews: autumn 2026

    Botany, welfare, friendships, work and housing. David Matthews picks six of the best new books for leftists

  • Book cover for Contested Commons shows police in front of a protester in a tree

    Contested Commons – review

    Katrina Navickas’ clear and persuasive history invites readers to reflect critically on space, place and the commons, writes Rhian E Jones

  • Six people sat on hay bales talking in a circle overlooking a rural valley

    Radical Routes: Britain’s quiet co-operative revolution

    Radical Routes members Wren Draper and Caz Montgomery chart 40 years of work building alternatives to neoliberal capitalism

  • A photograph of Carl Jung holding a pipe

    Radical Jung – review

    Rob Faure Walker’s book highlights how Jungian ideas can help us navigate capitalism, ecological crisis and the search for collective repair, writes Craig Snelgrove

  • A community group, some in yellow high-vis vests, posing for a photograph in an alley

    The battle for community-led Pride in Place

    The high-profile local regeneration initiative will test Burnhamism’s commitments to devolving power and empowering communities, argue Nick Mahony and Frances Northrop

  • A sepia photograph shows men and women with bikes in front of a building with an ILP banner

    August pause and autumn updates

    As the RPM team embraces socialist traditions with a summer break, we flag choice recent and archive reads and preview an exciting autumn to come