A Radical Approach to the NHS
Decades of stealth attacks haven’t just weakened Britain’s National Health Service — they’ve made it harder to criticize its shortcomings.
91 Articles by: Dawn Foster
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Dawn Foster is a Jacobin staff writer, a columnist for the Guardian, and the author of Lean Out.
The Attack on Public Housing
Public housing should embody a promise: free housing for all, free of segregation. Reserving it only for the poorest undermines that promise.
The Brexit Breaking Point
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour can force a new election — if the Blairites don’t screw it up.
Sheryl Sandberg’s Trickle-Down Feminism Stands Exposed
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg has been exposed as a corporate thug. But that was implicit in her lean-in philosophy all along.
The People’s Vote Illusion
Pundits are pushing Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party to back a second Brexit referendum. They should be careful what they wish for.
What Is a Jacob Rees-Mogg?
Behind the façade of the bumbling upper-class twit, Britain’s right-wing tribune is playing a canny long game. His goal: injecting far-right ideas into the mainstream.
New Labour’s Boom and Bust
Ten years after the financial crisis Blairism is finally dead and buried.
Panic in Westminster
What happens when irresistible Brexit meets an immovable EU? Theresa May will soon find out.
With Brexit, It’s the Geography, Stupid
Pundits analyzing Britain’s Leave vote obsess over everything but what mattered: decades of economic decay in declining regions.
Avocado Toasts for All
The recent tendency to boil class down to consumption habits and taste in food is tiresome and unsound.
A Very Political Tragedy
Today’s horrific fire in London’s Grenfell Tower is a symbol of a deeply unequal United Kingdom.