Eddie Dempsey on why Britain needs a trade union revival
The RMT general secretary is a product of the old left. Can his vision of a popular, resurgent labour movement…
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Photo essay: The children of Thatcher’s Britain
Craig Easton’s images of one family capture the reality of state neglect.
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Is Labour still a party of the working class?
It depends how we define our terms.
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Into the dark wood
My father died long ago. I now understand that he was part of the lost world of the stoical conservative…
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American labour’s realignment
With the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer as secretary of labour, the labour movement has an opportunity under Trump – as…
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Why the Rust Belt spurned Bidenomics
Can the American left win a cynical working class back from Donald Trump?
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The Democrats’ working-class problem
Figures in the party who speak on behalf of America’s workers – like Senator Chris Murphy – are few. In…
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Letter of the week: Why Trump won the workers
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Postliberalism redux
From their reaction to Trump’s victory, it’s clear that liberals have still failed to learn the lessons of 2016.
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The provincial working class is being abandoned by Labour
The Budget proved it – the Treasury can’t be trusted to reverse the inequality of poorer regions with London.
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Tommy Robinson is no working-class hero
His account of Luton misrepresents the town and people I knew.
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Solving the “labour question”
A Keir Starmer government should boost the economic power of working people.
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Keir Starmer, toolmakers and the death of the working-class hero
Why his story of individual aspiration has failed to resonate.
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Elon Musk’s fight against workers’ rights
The billionaire is leading corporate America’s latest assault on working people.
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We’re all working class now
More Brits feel “working class” than 40 years ago, according to a major study seen exclusively by the New Statesman.
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Deano is Britain’s most misunderstood man
The left refuses to grapple with the realities of petty bourgeois life.
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Fifteen-minute cities are a working-class nightmare
A car-free lifestyle is only possible for those whose profession and income permit it.
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QUIZ: Which social class are you?
Take the New Statesman quiz to find out whether you’re working class, middle class or upper class in the eyes…
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The Deliveroo dystopia: how London dehumanised a collapsed courier
Riders like Mohamed are invisible to us until something goes wrong.
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Sixty per cent of Brits earning £80,000-£100,000 say they’re “about average”
Highly paid people tend to see themselves as “normal” on the income scale – and “worse off” than their social…
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