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Opinion: Coronavirus Will Expose the Vast Inequality Between the Global North and South

The coronavirus pandemic has shown that rich countries can spend without limit to meet the needs of their populations. But poorer, less powerful countries quite literally can't afford to play by those rules, argues Grace Blakeley.

Opinion: No Wonder Priti Patel Is a Bully, She’s Just Practicing Her Politics

Priti Patel has been accused of bullying staff in several government departments. But news of the home secretary's bad behaviour should come as no surprise; abuse is an inherent part of the Conservative ideology, argues Harriet Williamson.

internationalwomensday.com Is a Corporate Hijack

Google ‘international women’s day’ and the first hit that comes up is internationalwomensday.com. Despite looking the part, the site is an exercise in corporate co-option, promoting international companies with a history of exploitative labour practices, writes Rosa Campbell.

Are Bankers Scared of Corbyn? We Asked Them.

If Labour get into power…. 📉THE POUND WILL CRASH! 💸THE BANKERS WILL FLEE! But is this true? Michael Walker went to the City of London to see if bankers are really scared of Corbyn.

Billionaires Control the Media

Billionaires control the media, and it’s undermining our democracy. The broadcast media amplify the right-wing print media meaning the political agenda is always set by, you guessed it, billionaires.

What Is the Deficit?

Paul Mason – former economics editor for BBC Newsnight and Channel 4, outlines the difference between debt and deficit.

Where Will We Live?

James Butler is joined by Anna Minton, author of Ground Control and Big Capital, to ask: could this be a housing election?

Refurbishment Is the Dirty Word We Should Be Using, Just Look at the Achilles Street Estate

As Lewisham council begins balloting residents over the proposed destruction and 'regeneration' of their housing estate, Andy Worthington calls into question the lavish promises the tenants have been made.

The Debrief

James Butler is joined by James Meadway and Adrienne Buller to break down the outcome of Labour Conference: will radical policy translate to radical action?

Climate Leviathan

James Butler is joined by Geoff Mann, co-author of Climate Leviathan, to discuss the political consequences of climate change.

Leo Panitch on Labour, the State and Capitalist Society

Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly sit down with Canadian socialist theorist Leo Panitch.

The People’s Republic of Walmart | Interview With Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski

Since the demise of the USSR, the mantle of the largest planned economies in the world has been taken up by the likes of Walmart, Amazon and other multinational corporations. Aaron sits down with Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski to discuss their new book The People’s Republic of Walmart, out now from Verso.

Globalists: The Origins of Neoliberalism

James Butler is joined by Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism.

The UK Government Risks Facilitating a Porn Monopoly

The government’s new Digital Economy Act means that adult content sites will have to install age verification software in a move which risks pricing independent sex workers out of the internet and onto the street.

No Alarms and No Surprises? What Lyft’s Slump Tells Us About Modern Capitalism

In this week's column, John McDonnell's former advisor, James Meadway, scratches the surface of the current tech bubble. To help us make sense of it all, he takes us through the weird economics of networks and the even weirder economics of the last ten years.

“We Refuse to Be Intimidated by Our University”: the King’s College Activists Fighting Back Against Racial Profiling

Earlier this month, King's College London was accused of banning a number of student activists from campus for posing a “security risk” during a visit from the Queen and Duchess of Cambridge. Writing anonymously, some of the students in question argue that what happened to them is part of a far bigger picture.

A Crisis of the Imagination | Aaron Meets Rutger Bregman

“Taxes” was the word on everyone’s lips after the annual Davos conference this year. The man who had dared utter it amongst the financial elite was Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian whose no nonsense savaging of the establishment brought him viral fame. His latest book ‘Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There’ argues […]

“I’m Having the Time of My Life!” | Aaron Bastani & Ash Sarkar Meet John McDonnell

John McDonnell MP, the Shadow Chancellor, dropped in to the Novara Media studio at The World Transformed to discuss Marx, flak from the press, and drop hints on the identity of the future governor of the Bank of England.