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Economics, unions and work

Covering both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives, we explore how privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism are generating new forms of exploitation – always prioritising the voices of workers organising resistance, both in and beyond trade unions.

Covering both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives, we explore how privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism are generating new forms of exploitation – always prioritising the voices of workers organising resistance, both in and beyond trade unions.

  • Thames Water headquater in Reading

    Thames Water and the failures of privatisation

    More than any other privatised company, Thames Water has become a lighting rod for public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte explain why – and what we can do about it

  • UK Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall delivering her 'Get Britain Working' Ministerial Statement in the House of Commons

    The war on neurodiversity

    From dismissive comments to benefits cuts, backlash against the neurodiversity movement is growing. Gerry Hart explains how the left can fight back

  • Two photos of former North of Tyne mayor (left) and Independent candidate for Holborn & St Pancras Andrew Feinstein (right)

    The power of place: building independent power from local communities

    Any national independent political organisation must be built up from interconnecting community power in localities, Jamie Driscoll (Tyneside) and Andrew Feinstein (Camden, London) tell Red Pepper

  • A fighter in the YPJ (Yekîneyên Parastina Jin – Women’s Protection Units)

    Rojava in the crosshairs

    The Kurdish-led revolution in north and east Syria provides a beacon of hope after the overthrow of Assad, write Rok Brossa and Eleanor Finley, but it is one that must be fought for

  • Key words: The Pluriverse

    Pluriversal politics offer an eclectic, egalitarian and emancipatory alternative to capitalist modernity, writes Levi Gahman

  • Amazon workers marching behind a banner reading 'Translate all workplace communications now! and 'Stop Amazon's discrimination in hiring & policies'

    How Amazon workers can organise globally

    Jonathan Rosenblum shows how Amazon workers can learn from previous actions to organise themselves on a global scale

  • An early 19th century illustration of the Luddite figurehead Ned Ludd, shown as a giant urging his followers onward.

    The Mechanic and the Luddite – review

    Jathan Sadowski’s book lays the groundwork for a more cohesive resistance against capitalist technology, writes Paula Lacey

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