Academies: the next stage of commoditising education

Rhoda Stannett takes a look at the continuing trend of academisation in the UK, and the rapid privatisation of children’s education
The economy is supposedly thriving – so why aren’t we?

Figures released from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), have shown the UK economy grew by 7.5% last year. So why aren’t ordinary working families seeing these gains?
Unpacking neoliberalism – A Marxist lesson to the moderate left

Tom Bird writes on the importance of Marxism in examining contemporary capitalism
Thatcher: enemy of the working class

George Hughes writes on Thatcher’s historic attempts to disrupt working class solidarity