New Labour’s Boom and Bust
Ten years after the financial crisis Blairism is finally dead and buried.
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Why the Tories are Losing the Online Arms Race
From their comical outrage over dick pics to their failed social media youth arm, Britain’s Conservatives have made themselves online laughingstocks. But the reason isn’t technological — it’s political.
Not Him, Us
Parts of the business press have painted the Italian Democrats’ new leader as a local Jeremy Corbyn or Bernie Sanders. They’re being too kind.
The Tory Crisis That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The British media have turned the Labour Party’s alleged antisemitism problem into a national crusade. Meanwhile, leading Tories this week openly associated themselves with the Ku Klux Klan and the ideas of Anders Breivik — and the media shrugged.
Theresa May Is Hilariously Bad at Her Job
Theresa May's handling of Brexit has been so inept she doesn't even have enough support to resign.
Crawling out From Under a Rock
With the Tories in shambles in the run-up to next month’s EU elections, racists and misogynists are coming out of the woodwork of British politics.
Rebelling Against Climate Death
For all its flaws, Extinction Rebellion's direct actions against climate change are growing in popularity and pissing off the right people. We should support them.
The Nowhere Man
Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez styles himself as the main barrier to Spain’s rising far right. Yet his record as prime minister shows how little he is doing to stop it.
From Swords to Ploughshares
We’re held hostage by a political and military elite that exploits us to fuel its endless wars.
Selling Tony Blair’s War
Working people knew the war in Iraq was a mistake — but they didn’t have a media to speak for them.
Boris Johnson’s Prime Ministership Lies in Ruins
The UK Supreme Court has torpedoed Boris Johnson’s entire strategy for his prime ministership and likely sparked a civil war inside the Conservative Party. As elections approach, the danger now is a Tory lurch to the far right.
Medicines for the Many
In the UK and across the world Big Pharma is ripping off public health systems and denying patients vital medicines. This week, Labour showed there is an alternative.
Bernie’s Path to Victory
Don’t worry about the naysaying pundits and polls. Bernie Sanders’s road to victory is through mobilizing the kind of voters who don’t usually vote. Whether or not he can pull it off is up to us.
We’re Sick of Boris Johnson’s Lies
Boris Johnson is positioning himself for a hard-right election campaign, accusing Parliament of “betrayal” for blocking a no-deal Brexit. But his government is a mess, and people aren’t falling for his lies.
Bernie Wants You to Own More of the Means of Production
Bernie Sanders just released a landmark plan to shift ownership and control of the US economy away from the very affluent and towards workers and the public.
The Left Is Back (Sort Of)
But we’re nothing without our universal subject — the international working class.
Why We Want to Abolish Billionaires
Hard work doesn’t get you a billion dollars — rent extraction, financial speculation, resource monopolization, and exploiting working people does. We don’t envy the superrich, we want to stop them.
The Tory Plan to Undo the NHS
The Tories have tried to undermine the National Health Service since its creation. And now they’re attempting to privatize its services — making handsome profits in the process.
The Labour Party’s Green Revolution
Labour's plans to invest in a million green jobs can transform the very parts of Britain decimated by Margaret Thatcher's economic reforms — and begin to undo the damage of deindustrialization.