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
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Unity between rank and file workers! A teacher’s response to the fine of NEU
Teachers and support staff need to unite in the face of attacks on their ability to organise together, argues Vik Chechi-Ribeiro
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Hydropolitics: An interview with Erik Swyngedouw
Sanaa Alimia interviews Erik Swyngedouw on the urgent need to bring water into the commons through political action
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Resisting cannibal capitalism with an anti-capitalist coalition
Extreme inequality, climate breakdown, war and crises of economics, democracy and care are intrinsic to capitalism, writes Nancy Fraser. An anti-capitalist coalition is needed
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If it is to win the next election Labour must junk Tory handbag politics
Next week’s elections are local but Labour’s lack of a distinct alternative indicates national problems to come. It must abandon Tory economic framing, writes Mary Mellor
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Troublemaking – review
Through analysing varied unionisation campaigns, Lydia Hughes and Jamie Woodcock chart a path for workplace democracy and meaningful class struggle, says Laura Hone
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Five years of the US’s futile FOSTA-SESTA sex trafficking laws
The US law has inflicted enormous damage worldwide on sex workers, while doing nothing to fight exploitation, writes Marin Scarlett
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Making a killing from the peace
The silver anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is being celebrated in Belfast this week, but a booming arms industry shows the habit of political violence is hard for some to kick, writes Pádraig Ó Meiscill
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