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Britain’s electorate has changed – our voting system needs to keep up

Rhian Jones — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

First Past the Post is no longer fit for purpose. Livvy Gibbs assesses the alternatives

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Corporate profiteering and the war on Iran

Andy Brain — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Amid the war on Iran, UK economic policy allows the super-rich to profit while the public struggle with living costs, writes Jake Woodier

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Real existing degrowth

Rhian Jones — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Radical alternatives to capitalism are being practiced across the world as everyday realities, writes Grace Wright-Arora

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Zionist pogroms and shepherding outposts

Gerry Hart — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

In their latest dispatch from the West Bank, Farah, Calico and Noah report on evolving Israeli tactics for stealing Palestinian land

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The political economy of the manosphere

Rhian Jones — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The online industry feeding off the anger of young men hides a deeper structure of digital capitalism, writes Alison Phipps

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Elections 2026: The political shifts reshaping Wales

Rhian Jones — Fri, 29 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Robin Mann reports on how support for both Plaid Cymru and Reform is transforming the Welsh political landscape

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Cuba stands firm

Gerry Hart — Tue, 26 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Cuba continues to show the world an alternative mode of development even in the face of US regime change, argues Helen Yaffe

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Deviants and trailblazers – review

Gerry Hart — Fri, 22 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Rebecca Jane Morgan’s account of the fight for legal recognition for trans people in the UK is a valuable resource to contemporary activists, writes Kit Heyam

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On the radical politics of sobriety

Gerry Hart — Tue, 19 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Addiction in the UK remains stigmatised as an individual failing. Recognising its structural underpinnings is key to liberatory framings of sobriety, writes William Rayfet Hunter

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Grace Byron on cultural criticism, transphobia and Trump

Paula Lacey — Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin speaks to writer Grace Byron about trans representation, AI and cultural criticism in an age of moral panic

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