How the first Gulf War shaped the British left
The brief first Gulf War shaped the left's view of US imperialism in a post-Cold War world. Thirty years on, Evan Smith considers how it also exposed the limitations in the British left's ability to build a mass movement
Why planning is political
Andrea Sandor explores how community-led developments are putting democracy at the heart of the planning process
Review – Tracksuits, Traumas and Class Traitors
D Hunter's 'Tracksuits, Traumas and Class Traitors' is an exploration of working-class struggle and strength, writes Liam Kennedy
Review – Bank Job
Jake Woodier reviews a new documentary film that brings heist aesthetics to a story of debt activism
Beyond leek-flavoured UKism
‘Radical federalism’ should do more than rearrange the constitutional furniture, writes Undod’s Robat Idris
Statues, street names, and contested memory
Proudly 'anti-woke' posturing is just the latest government attempt to memorialise white supremacy. Meghan Tinsley reports on the politics of commemoration
Who decides what counts as ‘political’?
Government demands for public sector ‘neutrality’ uphold a harmful status quo. For civil servant Sophie Izon, it's time to speak out
Speaking power to truth
The climate movement has yet to make climate change an election-defining issue. The 'truth' of peer-reviewed science might not be the weapon we thought it was, write Aruna Chandrasekhar, Nathan Thanki and Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik
Where now on Brexit?
It's a month since Brexit was declared 'done', but the complex process of EU trade negotiations has only just begun. In the first of a two-part series, Luke Cooper explains the contradictory nature of the Brexit deal and outlines the agenda ahead for progressives
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How business benefits from Brexit
Brexit was declared done a month ago, the complex process of EU trade deal negotiations has just begun. In the second of a two-part series, Jamie Gough and John Kirby analyse why business will benefit from Brexit
Review – Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures
Mark Fisher’s 'Postcapitalist Desire' offers glimpses of what types of human life could exist in a world free from capital, writes James Hendrix Elsey.
Review – Santiago Rising
Grace Livingstone reviews Santiago Rising, a new film which portrays the recent eruption of protest against inequality in Chile
Can radical federalism save the UK?
Professor Kevin Morgan asks whether radical federalism offers a progressive alternative to the break up of the United Kingdom?
