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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‘Faster, faster, faster’: The diary of a hotel cleaner
In the opening post of a new blog project, the anonymous ‘Maid in London’ describes her first day cleaning a luxury London hotel
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The myth of the 1970s
In the 1970s, they say, the dead lay unburied, greedy unions held the country to ransom and a divided country was impossible to govern, John Medhurst asks: was it really so bad?
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How Japanese workers are fighting against karoshi
Scott North looks at the history of the anti-karoshi movement in Japan and its struggle against death and injury from overworking
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Young people the latest target in Labour’s lurch to the right
Labour’s austerity-inspired welfare proposals will penalise young adults for circumstances beyond their control, writes Andrew Dolan
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Stagnation and securitisation: Understanding the 2008 financial crisis
Jack Copley provides an introduction to An Angry Person’s Guide to Finance — a free Red Pepper pamphlet
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How to know if you’ve been blacklisted and what you can do
Solicitor David Sorensen explains what the blacklisting scandal could mean to you.
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The local: for and against
Greg Sharzer argues that movements have to confront the capitalist crisis, not carve spaces away from it. Below, Hilary Wainwright writes that we must avoid the false dichotomy between organising locally and on a broader stage
