The UCU strike: a tale of student-staff solidarity
Photo credit: National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts The UCU strike has been one of the biggest mobilisations the education sector has seen in years - the fourteen days…
Why I have pledged to fast today: to stand with the women of Yarl’s Wood
Protest to shut down Yarl's Wood Detention Centre in 2014. Credit: See Li On International Women's Day - 8 March - hundreds of friends and supporters of people incarcerated at…
What we’re saying Yes to: Public investment for the people
The UK is in dire need of new investment for housing. Credit: GWN2008 There are a lot of problems we face that we need our government to tackle. Some demand…
What Labour needs to become in 2018
Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Photo credit: flickr Andy Miah Creative Commons license: If the tragedies and betrayals replete throughout Labour history could be summed up in common phrases,…
The Office for Students – Let’s not be caught napping
Photo credit: Pixabay user: 'OpenClipart-Vectors', Creative Commons license The Office for Students, the new regulator for Higher Education Institutions in England, was launched on New Year’s day this year.…
Beyond “the business of nickels and dimes”: a socialist guide to Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life (Fair Use) I – The feast It's Christmas time, a time to eat, drink, and be merry. Mulled wine and mince pies, all around a hot…
Media In Times of Corbynism
Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the Stop Trident rally at Trafalgar Square on Saturday 27th February 2016. Photo by Garry Knight, public domain. (more…)
Outing the UK Government: Corporate financing at #COP23
Government hypocrisy and corporate interest are very well acquainted, and they were last spotted at COP23 (the annual climate conference to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) nuzzling…
Royalty have no place in our society
Everyone from constitutional nerds to young professionals seems to pride themselves on enforcing the democratic process; from the major questions of our generation like Brexit, through to voting on what…
Why we still need the Green Party
Green Party Autumn 2016 conference. By Jwslubbock (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons Since the turn of the century, the Green Party has blossomed from obscurity to a major, professional…