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The factory occupation constructing new futures

Gerry Hart — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000

The five-year struggle over the GKN Florence factory is more than a labour issue, argues Lorenzo Feltrin. It’s a strategy of green conversion and resistance to the far-right

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Bad news on the cost of living crisis – Review

Rhian Jones — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000

This timely book is ultimately a call for professional journalists to step up and produce public-facing media, writes Darcy White

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Looking forwards to the Lucas Plan

Rhian Jones — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

An idea from fifty years ago offers solutions to today's economic, technological and environmental crises, writes Adrian Smith

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Making the Kremlin sad – an interview with Ivan Kolpakov

Andy Brain — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:11:04 +0000

The editor-in-chief of Russian-language news site Meduza tells Anne Schumacher about Putin's objectives and circumventing censorship

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Rethinking anti-racism

Siobhan McGuirk — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Racism is a powerful technique for sustaining injustice. We must respond to what it does, argues Gargi Bhattacharyya, if we are to dismantle it

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Book previews: autumn 2026

Siobhan McGuirk — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Botany, welfare, friendships, work and housing. David Matthews picks six of the best new books for leftists

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Contested Commons – review

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Katrina Navickas’ clear and persuasive history invites readers to reflect critically on space, place and the commons, writes Rhian E Jones

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Women in Black: peace and justice across borders

Gerry Hart — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Liz Khan reports on the global network of women organising against war and militarism since 1988, with feminist analyses at their core

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Radical Routes: Britain’s quiet co-operative revolution

Gerry Hart — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Radical Routes members Wren Draper and Caz Montgomery chart 40 years of work building alternatives to neoliberal capitalism

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The red and the green

Gerry Hart — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Robert Magowan asks what it would
mean for the Green Party, its politics and
its culture to be ecosocialist

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