Palantir and the rise of surveillance capitalism  

Frank Hansen on the threats from ultra right tech bros and their control over our data Many people are aware of the controversy surrounding the tech...

Take back control, enough is enough!

Glyn Ford says the bell tolls for Labour without a total political reset This year’s local elections are a historic repudiation of Labour and its...

On aggressive Zionism

Mike Scott-Baumann on Zionism and conflict A Forever War: Israel, Palestine and the Struggles for Statehood by Colin Schindler published by Swift Press Colin Shindler’s new...

Take back control, enough is enough!

Glyn Ford says the bell tolls for Labour without a total political reset This year’s local elections are a historic repudiation of Labour and its...

On aggressive Zionism

Mike Scott-Baumann on Zionism and conflict A Forever War: Israel, Palestine and the Struggles for Statehood by Colin Schindler published by Swift Press Colin Shindler’s new...

Editorial

Editorial 340

Looking into the abyss Just when opinion was shifting towards Starmer in sympathy with his opposition to Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran, the Mandelson farrago blew...

Energy security to protect our climate

Tim Root on the energy implications of Trump’s war on Iran and why climate activists need to up their game The Iran war energy price...

Beyond the borders of the Iran War

Micheal Nelson Byaruhanga on the cost to African states of the illegal US-Israel war against Iran On February 28, 2026, a US-Israeli bomber flew in...

Hungary’s tide turns against populist right

Andrew Ryder and András Schweitzer hail a landslide victory for democracy and the European Union in Hungary Election Viktor Orbán has lost the election in...

The Great Unravelling

Patrick Diamond says globalisation is in retreat but taking a different form Much contemporary political debate focuses on whether the era of neo-liberal globalisation is...

Uxbridge not a bellwether

In the wake of the Uxbridge by-election Bryn Jones says Labour’s wobbling on green policies will not win it any votes

Driscoll affair echoes Livingstone

Will Jamie Driscoll’s departure be a repeat of the Livingstone London mayor fiasco? asks Trevor Fisher

Labour’s National Policy Forum must back proportional representation

The vast majority of CLPs support it, as do two-thirds of affiliated trade unions. So, will the NPF accept the case for PR? Maximilian Czekalski explains why it should

No time to stay silent

Margaret Owen asks why Starmer is ignoring the obvious ways to win the women’s vote

Lifeline to Freedom

Duncan Bowie on past welcomes for refugees The Czech Refugee Trust Fund in Britain by Charmian Brinson and Jana Barbora Buresova published by Valentine Mitchell  This...

Geothermal energy – a little known technology

Helen Goodman explains the benefits of decarbonising heat from underground Almost half the UK's energy demand is for heat. So decarbonising heat would be a...

A continuous tragedy

Patrick Costello on repeated errors America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region by Marc Lynch published by Hurst As Professor Marc Lynch explicitly states, his...

Reform reality

Cat Smith finds higher taxes, banned flags, chaos and care in crisis is the real world of Reform The English local elections of May 2025...