Rebelling Against Climate Death
For all its flaws, Extinction Rebellion’s direct actions against climate change are growing in popularity and pissing off the right people. We should support them.
91 Articles by: Dawn Foster
Dawn Foster is a Jacobin staff writer, a columnist for the Guardian, and the author of Lean Out.
Crawling out From Under a Rock
With the Tories in shambles in the run-up to next month’s EU elections, racists and misogynists are coming out of the woodwork of British politics.
Theresa, EU’ve Done It Again
With Brexit bogged down and the Tories in meltdown, Labour looks set to tip the European Parliament elections to the center-left for the first time in a generation. Another own goal for Theresa May.
No, Sinn Féin Won’t Be Voting in Parliament
It’s the British media’s favorite fantasy: Sinn Féin breaking with a century of practice and riding to rescue a dramatically close vote in the House of Commons. It’s also an insult to Irish voters.
Britain’s Austerity Has Gone From Cradle To Grave
A decade of austerity in Britain has stunted, immiserated, and impoverished millions of lives. Now, the inevitable has happened: it’s started to shorten them.
Target: Corbyn
Amid the political chaos of Brexit, video has emerged of British army soldiers using a photo of Jeremy Corbyn for target practice. It’s just the latest sign that the UK is facing a mounting threat from the far right.
Theresa May Is Hilariously Bad at Her Job
Theresa May’s handling of Brexit has been so inept she doesn’t even have enough support to resign.
The Tory Crisis That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The British media have turned the Labour Party’s alleged antisemitism problem into a national crusade. Meanwhile, leading Tories this week openly associated themselves with the Ku Klux Klan and the ideas of Anders Breivik — and the media shrugged.
The Tories’ Islamophobia Problem
The Tories are incredibly racist, and have been forever, and somehow they’re still getting away with it.
Burying Bloody Sunday
Just one former British soldier will face charges in the 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre — a travesty of justice that comes amid a disturbing resurgence of nationalist jingoism in Brexit Britain.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Secret “Stop Brexit” Button
Theresa May’s government may be descending into chaos over Brexit, but at least Britain’s media knows who to blame: Jeremy Corbyn.
The Reopening of the Irish Question
The historic prospect of Irish unification is now greater than it has been in decades. But it won’t succeed unless campaigners offer a clear and compelling picture of what a united Ireland will look like.
When Nobody Can “Take Back Control”
With the emergence of the centrist Independent Group, British politics is in a state of near collapse — and the democratic deficiencies of the country’s politics have been exposed.
Brexit: What Happens Now?
Theresa May’s EU debacle has forced Labour to pull the trigger on its final Brexit option: calling for a second referendum. Get ready for the chaos.
Propagandists of Privilege
Corbyn’s experience is proof: if the media won’t give the Left a fair hearing, they can be circumvented.
Dead Center
The Labour Party defectors keep repeating the tired centrist refrain that the public is hungering for moderation. The whole history of the past generation shows otherwise.
Ilhan Omar and the Jeremy Corbyn Playbook
The attacks on Ilhan Omar for antisemitism are reminiscent of those levied against Jeremy Corbyn. The charges aren’t just nonsense — they’re being used to stifle criticism of Israel.
Why the Tories are Losing the Online Arms Race
From their comical outrage over dick pics to their failed social media youth arm, Britain’s Conservatives have made themselves online laughingstocks. But the reason isn’t technological — it’s political.
The Tories Think Voting Is Too Easy
Unlike the voter-supressing US, Britain is a country where it’s easy to vote. Now the Tories are trying to change that.
Sinn Féin Is Having a Good Brexit
Thanks to the dogmatism of Northern Ireland’s Unionists, Sinn Féin gets to have it both ways: shielding its voters from a hard Irish border while boosting the chances of reunification.