The job of the Opposition
A good start says Paul Teasdale, but Starmer’s Labour needs to up its game against this new populist Toryism
The road to an equitable and sustainable economy
Dexter Whitfield exposes the perils of privatisation underlined by the Covid-19 pandemic
Back to the future?
Glyn Ford follows the unfolding US/UK conflict with China and examines prospects for a future war
Unclear and chaotic
Becky Ross on the grim reality of the government’s homelessness response
For an economic and a green revolution
Nigel Doggett and Mike Davis spoke to Ann Pettifor about why a Green New Deal is central to our recovery
Building on Black Lives movement
With Joe Biden choosing Kamala Harris as the first Black American female running mate, Paul Garver looks at the prospects for the Democrats and democratic socialists in the November elections
Alarm bells
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed government incompetence and crony capitalism, says Prem Sikka
Starmer and the left – technocracy is the enemy
Tom Miller says Labour’s leader needs to find a new way to unity
Labour Party factionalism – drop it or lose the next election
Peter Kenyon surveys the shitstorms breaking out within the party
Uproar in schools
Dave Lister looks at the rolling disaster that is the government’s schools and exams policy
School curriculum – a multicultural past
Former teachers Dave Lister and Mike Davis reflect on different times