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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Taking back the university from marketisation, exploitation and hardship
After decades of neoliberal marketisation, higher education in the UK is a broken system. Recognising the roots of the problem is key to solving it, write Sol Gamsu and Kirsty Morrin
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Revolutionary unionism and the Industrial Workers of the World
The dream of one big trade union is worth fighting for, writes CC Gwalia
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Dare to struggle, dare to win: overcoming the latest assault on workers’ rights
Unions must re-build a militant rank-and-file movement to fight anti-worker legislation. Petitions and legal manoeuvring will not do, argues Paul O’Connell
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Generation prep and the rise of the private bunker industry
Bunkers are not new, writes Bradley Garrett, but a booming global market suggests a new age of anxiety has arrived
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It’s not drought, it’s plunder: commodification and Chile’s water crisis
Water scarcity in Chile is the price of its commodification, writes Carole Concha Bell
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Getting back on track: The case for railway nationalisation
Alex Gordon explores the collapse of rail privatisation and the need for a real public sector alternative
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Rewilding our dysfunctional democracy
Just as capitalism destroys ecosystems, it also maintains power imbalances in our democracies. Borrowing ecological principles could yield radical politcal changes, writes Calum McGeown
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