The BBC marked its centenary this week, but its long-term future is deeply uncertain. We should defend the idea of public-service broadcasting while sharply criticizing the BBC in its current form for its conservativism and deference to the British state.
The general election marked a setback for the Scottish National Party. Is the independence dream dead?
England’s North-South divide lies at the heart of Britain’s recent political disputes, from Brexit to the fate of the Labour Party. There’s a long and fascinating history behind that regional chasm, from the Norman conquest to the Industrial Revolution and the rise of Margaret Thatcher.
Britain’s prime minister intends to scrap his own Brexit deal and provoke a crisis in Northern Irish politics. Everyone who assisted Boris Johnson’s rise to power to block a left-wing government now shares responsibility for his criminal recklessness.
Boris Johnson stepped down as an MP last week. The entitlement typical of Britain’s privately educated elite defined his career, but he added to it a unique brand of dishonesty and opportunism.
The COP21 agreement's shortcomings show that the climate justice movement needs to start thinking about state power.
An illustrated interview with former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
A year of smooth jazz and revolutionary exhortations.
Only a forthright anticapitalism can end the reign of Third Way politics.
The Panama Papers lay bare the reality of neoliberal politics: cuts for the many, fabulous wealth for the few.
Liberal condescension towards white workers is code for a broader anti-working class agenda
The Brexit result and Donald Trump's rise are products of elite disconnect from ordinary voters.
The problem of the day isn't too much democracy. It's the accumulation of power by elites.
The Labour Party's historical crises are rooted in crises of capitalism.
London's striking Deliveroo drivers are in a fight against the worst exploitation and abuse of the sharing economy.
Far from ending in defeat, the Arab Spring inaugurated a long-term revolutionary process in the Middle East.
Newly ousted Socialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez didn’t stand up against austerity, he sought to undermine the forces that could challenge it.
Croatia's SDP is a depressing case study of neoliberalized social democracy.
A left that does not champion the interests of every oppressed group is no left at all.
Our movement will exhaust itself if it's only fueled by outrage. We need to win people to a positive vision of a better world.