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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Warfare’s waste is welfare’s loss
Labour claims that boosting military spending will produce employment growth. Far from it, argues Richard Norton Taylor, it funnels money to private contractors that should fund public services
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Ripping yarns: Left Cultures and non-hierarchical publishing
Phil Wigglesworth reflects on the launch of Left Cultures in 2023 – and why the international left must embrace non-hierarchical approaches to publishing
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High art, low ceilings: remaking Social Club culture
Jerry Iles speaks to Geoff Kirkwood about how a Tyneside Social Club became a cultural beacon – driven by cutting edge DJs, bingo nights, experimental orchestras and ‘open-minded collectivism’. Now, it’s reclaiming culture for everyone
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Reclaiming inheritance tax as a social good
The left needs to understand popular opposition to inheritance tax in order to effectively reframe the debate, argues Dominic Davies
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Cymunedoli: The glue that binds
Economic power in the community – cymunedoli – is the antidote to the far right’s growing appeal in Cymru, write Beth Winter and Leanne Wood
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1995: The year we nearly changed the world
Inspired by the collapse of the Berlin wall and end of South African apartheid, a generation of radicals danced onto British roads and into social justice history. Thirty years on, Esther Freeman traces the movement’s energy – and its legacy
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The battle behind Unite’s belated action on Palestine
Union members have won a long internal struggle for meaningful action against UK arm sales to Israel. Raymond Morell was one of them – and reports from behind the scenes
