Shocked by Trump? It’s time to get involved in the fightback

The battle lines are clear. Democracy is in peril and the left must take itself seriously electorally and politically. Ruth Potts speaks to Gary Younge, who was based in Muncie, Indiana, for the US election, about the implications of Donald Trump’s victory

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Trump, Mair and the gods that failed
It’s no use apportioning blame, we need meaningful critical reflection. The old formulae are no longer sufficient, writes Paul O'Connell

Book Review: Swimming with Sharks: My journey into the world of the bankers
Jenny Nelson reviews Luyendiks analysis of the City – the ‘time bomb at the heart of our society’.

Davey Hopper: union man
Huw Beynon reflects on the life of his friend and comrade Davey Hopper, the tough and imaginative Durham miners’ leader, who died in July

Book Review: My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency
'A symptom of a deep sickness in the American political system’ - John Brissenden reviews Doug Henwood's take on the presidential nominee.

What is Momentum?
James Schneider, Emma Rees and Adam Klug explain what Momentum is and how it is organising collectively to transform society

Back to basics
Barb Jacobson on the campaign for an unconditional basic income

Now is the time for a progressive alliance
Kenny MacAskill of the Scottish National Party says that only a progressive alliance can deliver us from Tory rule

Black Lives Matter: crisis shutdown
Kojo Kyerewaa introduces Black Lives Matter UK

How to win a rent strike
Social networks are stronger than management hierarchies. David Dahlborn describes how the UCL rent strike won

How the left can win
Jeremy Gilbert says that no single party can defeat neoliberalism. A broader social movement is needed

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Trump can only be beaten by a fairer economy and a better society

We need a society built on openness, community and equality to truly defeat everything that trump stands for, writes Nick Dearden.

The unlikely rise of Jeremy Corbyn: an interview with Alex Nunns, the author of 'The Candidate'

Andrew Dolan interviews Alex Nunns about his new book on Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become leader of the Labour Party

Essay: Labouring through birth and death

Jenny Nelson says that if we get the beginning and ending of life right, we might have a better chance of getting the bit in the middle right too

From common sense to power: municipal politics in Madrid

Ana Méndez de Andés describes how a new kind of electoral alliance is taking back power—one city at a time—in Spain

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Reactions to the US election result
As news of a Trump victory sinks in, we share words of solidarity and calls to action from activists across the left in the UK.

Cartooning capitalism - a look back at American radicalism
Michael Mark Cohen revives political art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, that remains equally relevant today

Event: the Art of Trade Unions
A free arts and culture event event in Bedford, hosted by The General Federation of Trade Unions on 6 December.

Nowhere to go: Sisters Uncut demand homes free from violence
South East London Sisters Uncut stormed Southwark Council’s quarterly cabinet to highlight the council’s failure to support domestic violence survivors. Emma Snaith reports

Return to Drax
Frances Howe challenges the validity of 'renewable energy' subsidies for biomass and introduces a new wave of action against Drax power station