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Hitting out beyond the ‘set’ boundary: racism and cricket
Azeem Rafiq’s courageous testimony on his experiences of racism in the British game has ignited fresh examination of institutional racism, but will it lead to real change?, asks Puru Miah
HS2: the scheme that nobody really wants
Paul Salveson offers thoughts on the announcement on HS2, the Integrated Rail Plan and more U-turns
Labour: get strategic on combatting inequalities
Duncan Bowie on levelling up, strategic planning and local government reform
Make misogyny a hate crime
In the wake of the brutal murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, Sabia Kamali calls for safe spaces and effective action against racism and sexism
Democracy moves stalled at Conference
Mary Southcott reviews progress and tasks facing new democracy movement as Unite rejects the current system
New Worlds for Old: Chartist Manifesto (2006)
This manifesto was published in Chartist November/December 2006
Socialism for the Twenty-First Century
1. Capitalism is still the dominant global economic system. Laissez faire capitalism only...
Labour Conference – a sad spectacle of disunity
With Labour still languishing in the polls, Peter Kenyon reports on leadership failures to heal divisions
Beyond face-saving greenwash
It wasn’t meant to be like this: Nigel Doggett reports on failure to secure international commitments
Climate activism is learning
Abel Harvie-Clark says if you think youth strikes went away, think again
Tories on a victory march?
Labour must prepare for an early general election by opening candidate selection now, writes Trevor Fisher
Tory failures – Labour opportunity
In the midst of the fallout from Covid and Brexit, the opinion polls remain firmly in the Tories’ favour. Why?