Tag: state
‘Lack and longing’: an interview with Satnam Virdee and Brendan McGeever
Satnam Virdee and Brendan McGeever answer questions about race, nation, working class struggle and the breakdown of Britain’s democratic settlement.
Climate scientists defend colleagues victimised for activism
Science is often linked to corporates and the state - but scientists are organising.
The Great British fob off
The recent announcement of a new public sector body called 'Great British Railways' to co-ordinate all rail services has been hailed by many as a victory, but these plans in fact set the stage for increases in fares and job cuts for rail workers.
Turning a profit from death: Modi’s pandemic response in neoliberal India
The recent upsurge of Covid across India has laid bare the Indian state's utter failure to protect its population.
How the Police Bill targets Gypsies, Roma and Travellers
The Police Bill will further criminalise GRT people. Charlotte Powell interviews Luke Smith from GRTSocialists.
The Police Bill, lockdown and the right to protest
Barrister David Renton explores why the government is so determined to suppress protest, the Police Bill, and the impact of the Covid Regulations on protest rights.
‘When you have a hammer’: state repression and the pandemic
Facing a fraying of its ideological hegemony, the government increasingly relies on state repression. But this intensified violence could yet backfire.
What’s left of Lenin?
150 years after the birth of V.I. Lenin, Leninism offers us urgent and fundamental lessons about what it means to practise politics in capitalist society.
Whose land? Resisting the Tories’ anti-traveller policy plans
Hanna Gál writes on why the Tories' plan to increase police powers against illegal encampments must be resisted.