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Massive Attack Founder on Palestine, Riots and the Greenest Music Festival Ever
Moya Lothian-McLean talks to Robert Del Naja ahead of the Act 1.5 Climate Action Accelerator, a day festival which promises to be the greenest live music event of it’s size ever staged.
Opinion

Kamala Harris Has No Platform

Steven Methven
Good vibes can’t last forever.

‘Vote Genocide’: Satirical Poster Included in Dossier of Election ‘Abuse’

Simon Childs
Human rights campaigners have spoken out.

Nobody in Peckham Wants More Luxury Flats

Moya Lothian-McLean
‘I don’t want to live in a soulless, corporate place.’
Feature

A South London Council Is Firing Its Two Key Union Organisers, Before Making £25m of Cuts

Michael Chessum
Analysis

Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Actually That Amazing

James Meadway
A small man stands before a blackboard-style screen that reads 'Age of AI' in white text
Report

Here’s How Labour and the Unions Could Take on Amazon

Polly Smythe
Opinion

Public Sector Pay Bumps Were Always on the Cards

Ash Sarkar
Report

Boomtown Festival Attendee ‘Slammed Against Wall’ by Security for Pro Sex-Worker Graffiti

Moya Lothian-McLean
Report

Muslim Convicted in Rioting Should Have ‘Risen Above’ Far-Right Racism, Says Judge

Simon Childs
Feature

Labour’s Building Blitz Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis, Experts Say

Aron Penczu
A woman in high-vis stands in front of a group of people also in high-vis
Downstream

The Truth About the Riots and the White Working Class
Journalist and co-editor of Tribune Magazine Taj Ali found himself at the centre of a communication network across the country – monitoring the far-right, keeping an eye on mosques and community centres, amplifying calls for support and debunking fake news of rioting. Here’s his firsthand account of what happened and why.
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Clean Energy Is Already Terraforming the Earth

Eleanor Penny Meets Thea Riofrancos

Mining obliterates ecosystems. But green energy projects urgently need what they extract. Can we square the circle of this necessary destruction?

Trip 44: Humility

What happens when you lose? Nadia, Jem and Keir unpack the role of humility – and humiliation – in politics.

Green Leader on Media Bias, Farage and Weird Westminster Traditions

Aaron Bastani talks to Carla Denyer

The Greens doubled their vote share to 7% and have 2 MPs. What happens now? How will they exercise their new agency in government, and how can they navigate a biased media landscape and increase their influence?

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Starmer Rejects EU Deal for Young People, Bisan’s Emmy Nomination Under Attack

Yvette Cooper Sets Target for 14,000 Deportations by End of Year

Democrats Show United Front at Chicago Convention While Gaza Protestors Break Fence

Blinken Warns of “Last Chance” for Ceasefire During Trip to Israel

Train Drivers Announce Fresh Strikes

15 August 2024

Gaza Death Toll From Israel’s War Hits 40,000 As Ceasefire Talks Resume

14 August 2024

Heat Records Broken Across Globe As 80-foot Flames Blaze in Greece

13 August 2024

Starmer Urges Iran Not to Retaliate Against Israel in Call With President

12 August 2024

Yvette Cooper: We Need to Restore Respect for Police

9 August 2024

Riots Fallout: Starmer Blames Social Media, Farage Support Tumbles

8 August 2024

Anti-Racist Demonstrations See Fascists Vastly Outnumbered

7 August 2024

Rioters Jailed As UK Braces for Further Far-Right Unrest

6 August 2024

Far Right Plot Midweek Firebombing of Immigration Lawyers & Advice Centres

5 August 2024

Starmer Pledges “Standing Army” of Cops After Weekend of Racist Riots

2 August 2024

Far-Right Rioters Charged With Violent Disorder

1 August 2024

Keir Starmer Pledges New Police Unit to Tackle Far-Right Thugs

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Clean Energy Is Already Terraforming the Earth

Mining obliterates ecosystems. But green energy projects urgently need what they extract. Can we square the circle of this necessary destruction?

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Fear and Loathing in Silicon Valley

California’s tech billionaires were once famously liberal. No more. What does their shift to the far right mean for the 2024 US election?
11 July 2024

Macron’s Own Goal

What the hell just happened in the French elections? We explore the long crisis that led to Macron’s electoral gamble and consider the odds of a far-right France.
4 July 2024

Britain’s Infrastructure Is Crumbling. Can Labour Fix It?

Why does it feel like nothing works anymore?
28 June 2024

It’s the End of the Tory Party As We Know It (And I Feel Nothing)

James Butler paints a picture of Britain at a historic crossroads, waving fuckity bye to the Tories and bracing for Starmerism.
The home of the weird left. Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn examine the links between left-wing politics, culture, music and experiences of collective joy.
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Trip 44: Humility

What happens when you lose? Nadia, Jem and Keir unpack the role of humility – and humiliation – in politics.

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9 July 2024

Microdose: Election Vibecheck

The ACFM crew offer their first reactions to Labour’s landslide election win.
9 June 2024

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Has camp changed culture forever? The gang revisit Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay for an aesthetic Microdose.
26 May 2024

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5 May 2024

Reactionary Democracy

How do politicians and pundits end up normalising the far-right? Aaron Winter and Aurelien Mondon explain in a Microdose interview.

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Downstream
Massive Attack Founder on Palestine, Riots and the Greenest Music Festival Ever
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The Truth About the Riots and the White Working Class.
Is Humanity Really Heading for Population Collapse?!.
What Do the Riots Say About Britain?. Ash Sarkar, Aaron Bastani and Rivkah Brown
Green Leader on Media Bias, Farage and Weird Westminster Traditions. Aaron Bastani talks to Carla Denyer
How the British Establishment Really Works. Aaron Bastani talks to Simon Kuper
Arab Jews: the Hidden History. Ash Sarkar Meets Avi Shlaim

UK

Downstream
The Truth About the Riots and the White Working Class
Football Fans Are Organising Against the Far Right
Racists Massively Outnumbered in Crawley

World

Analysis
A group of protesters hold a banner that reads 'Silence is Complicity'
We Ran the Numbers - Here's How Britain's Progressive Newspapers Have Covered Gaza
London’s First Palestinian Cultural Centre Is Within Arm’s Reach
Israel Is Running Out of Road

Labour Party

Feature
A woman in high-vis stands in front of a group of people also in high-vis
Labour’s Building Blitz Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis, Experts Say
We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’
How the Hell Did Police Think There Would Be 100 Riots?

Organised Labour

Report
The strike at Amazon Coventry in November 2023. REUTERS/Carl Recine
Amazon Says GMB Leaflets Could Be a ‘Hazard’ Amid Union-Busting Allegations
'We Have to Vote Labour'
‘Covid Rogue’ Among Labour’s Business Backers

Conservative Party

Report
Man carries briefing box outside whitehall
A Government 'Best Value' Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value
How the British Establishment Really Works
Former Foreign Minister Cleared of Antisemitism Claims After Calling Out Israel Lobbying

Politics

If I Speak
26: I'm So Sorry, I'm English
After Riots - Can You Still Call Liverpool a Left-Wing City?
The Government’s Impartial Trans Healthcare Reviewer Isn't so Impartial, Colleagues Claim

Economics

Opinion
A woman with a bobbed haircut stands outside of 11 Downing Street smiling
Austerity Is Back, Baby
Nimbys Are Good, Actually
Labour Will End Neoliberalism. Just Not in a Good Way

Environment

Report
A North Sea oil platform. REUTERS/Andy Buchanan/pool
MP Pulls Out of Climate Summit Over Fossil Fuel Sponsorship
‘Jobs or the Environment’ Is a False Choice Deployed by the Right
An Oil Baron Wants to Build Over a Local Park for His 'Green' Energy Project

Policing

Opinion
Rory Geoghegan (background) with Suella Braverman. Photo: Public Safety Foundation
Former Braverman Advisor Says It’s a ‘Smear’ to Call Tommy Robinson Far-Right
Did an Israel Lobbyist Confect an Antisemitism Story About a Palestine Demo?
Germany’s Anti-Palestine Crackdown Has Reached ‘a New Low’

Housing

Report
a woman stands holding a sign saying 'honk if your rent is too high'
Suspected ‘Revenge Eviction’ at Property Owned by Tory Councillor
Paris Is Banishing Its Homeless Before the Olympics. A Group of Child Migrants Isn't Having It
The Great Housing Crisis Debate

Society

Analysis
A small man stands before a blackboard-style screen that reads 'Age of AI' in white text
Artificial Intelligence Isn't Actually That Amazing
What Do the Riots Say About Britain?
No, Keir Starmer - Managerialism Won’t Beat the Race Riots

History

Downstream
Arab Jews: the Hidden History
Notes on Camp
Trust Your Gut

TV & Film

Feature
Barbara Windsor stands besides Queen Elizabeth II behind a pub counter
Soaps Give Working Class Actors a Chance - And They’re Disappearing
The Dune Films Are the Most Important of the 2020s. But Not for the Reasons You Think
The Zone of Interest Reminds Us How Easy It Is to Ignore a Genocide on Your Doorstep

Culture

Report
Attendees at Boomtown Fair 2023. Dawn Fletcher-Park / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect
Boomtown Festival Attendee ‘Slammed Against Wall’ by Security for Pro Sex-Worker Graffiti
Transphobes Have Got Their Money Shot: A Woman Punching Another Woman in the Face
Can Football Play a Part in Political Resistance?

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