No exit from the Brexit crisis
What does the Brexit crisis mean for British politics and the European Union?
None of them care about Syrian lives
Emma Wilde Botta and Shireen Akram-Boshar provide the background you need to understand the conflicts and consequences of Trump’s Syria withdrawal plan.
The sorry story of Fortress Britain and its war on refugees
Mike Haynes looks at the UK's record on receiving migrants and its relationship to that of the European Union.
Safe passage now – the border is the crisis
As around a hundred migrants have crossed the Channel in recent weeks, the Government and the Border Force are trying to prevent a new route into the UK at all costs.
Happy NEU year?
The newly formed National Education Union is currently balloting for action. What are the prospects for the new union and the left within it?
A homosexual Christmas in 1905 Berlin
Colin Wilson presents an account of a “uranian” Christmas, written by a leading campaigner over a hundred years ago.
Immigration White Paper: We treat #PatientsNotPassports
The government published its delayed Immigration White Paper yesterday. Here a doctor tells us about the damage current immigration policies is already causing patients.
Fighting for socialism today
Author and socialist, David McNally, reflects on the tasks of socialist organising in dangerous times.
Confronting China’s War on Terror
Socialists should offer solidarity to the China's repressed minorities without pinning hopes on Washington as an ally of the Uyghur cause.
Understanding the Arab right #HM2018
Max Leak reports from a session at Historical Materialism conference that included perspectives on Lebanon, Morocco, Egypt and the Syrian civil war.
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Citizenship deprivation at the nexus of race, gender and geopolitics
Counter-terrorism policing functions to help further advance, harden and normalise the security state in the name of national security.
revolutionary reflections | Notes on Capital and the State: part 3
In the concluding part of our serialisation of his 1978 essay on the state in capitalist society, Colin Barker considers the theory of the Permanent Arms Economy.
A brief history of the Teddy Boys
The post war youth subculture that became the subject of a moral panic.
Labour split: meet the gang of seven
At long last, the new centrist party is here. Meet the seven Blairite relics promising to #ChangePolitics.
‘We are not going to let our world be ruined’
Laura Di Chiara and her school-friends joined the climate strike today and it was much bigger than they expected.
The story of the LA teachers’ strike
Jesse Hagopian talks to LA teacher Gillian Russom about how the teachers in Los Angeles organised, what they won, and what it means for wider education struggles in the USA.
LGBT History in 21 pieces of music
For LGBT History Month, Colin Wilson presents a history of queer music in 21 tracks.
Rape culture and the neoliberal university
Warwick University's response to sexism, racism and rape culture on campus has been appalling but sadly predictable, writes Warwick graduate Rachel Jones.
Obituary: Colin Barker
Ian Birchall remembers the life of revolutionary socialist Colin Barker.
revolutionary reflections | Notes on Capital and the State: part 2
In the second of a three part series Colin Barker continues his investigation into the relationship between capital and the state.
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revolutionary reflections | Notes on Capital and the State: part 2
In the second of a three part series Colin Barker continues his investigation into the relationship between capital and the state.
I Bring Her a Flower
On the 100th anniversary of the murder of Rosa Luxemburg, we republish a poetic tribute to her written by Sylvia Townsend Warner.
Yellow vests: Macron’s fuel tax was no solution to climate chaos
Why Macron's 'eco-tax' on fuel was never a fair or effective way to tackle climate change
Bolsonaro elected president of Brazil: how did we get to this point?
Following the recent election of Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil, Marcelo Badaró Mattos asks how we got here.
Care, consent and coercion under capitalism
Alan Sears, a socialist activist based in Toronto, spoke to Hazel Croft about sexuality, sexual coercion and consent, and the possibilities for sexual liberation today.