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Algorithms vs the welfare state

Gerry Hart — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Concerns about misleading AI and influencer ‘content’ on health, welfare and civil rights miss a wider issue, argues Sophia McHardy. They fill a human-made gap that risks becoming an austerity-shaped chasm

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How the left can support drug law reform

Gerry Hart — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000

It’s high time for the UK left to support comprehensive drug policy reform, driven by anti-racism and class consciousness, argues Carrie Lou Hamilton

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Towards a progressive future for welfare

Gerry Hart — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

David Matthews examines how the welfare state is used against the working class - and how we can imagine a more liberatory welfare system

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The war on neurodiversity

Gerry Hart — Sat, 10 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

From dismissive comments to benefits cuts, backlash against the neurodiversity movement is growing. Gerry Hart explains how the left can fight back

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Real world pressures are at the heart of the crisis in young people’s mental health

Kimon Daltas — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:02:47 +0000

Stressing the importance of early intervention, Max Fafford considers the apparent crisis in young people’s mental health in the context of the unforgiving realities of the world they live in

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Even on its own terms, the government is failing on mental health

Kimon Daltas — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 22:15:18 +0000

After 100 days in office, there are no signs Labour has the courage to tackle Britain's mental health epidemic – a grave threat to its core strategy, economic growth. By Max Fafford

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The world pretends the pandemic is over because of who it affects

Gerry Hart — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000

The rolling back of COVID-19 safety measures is leaving many marginalized people behind, writes Beauty Dhlamini

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Health workers on strike: taking action, forcing change

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:53:02 +0000

Striking health workers share their reflections on a year of industrial action – and the path forward for the NHS

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The urgent case for a people’s NHS

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:48:11 +0000

In the face of severe underfunding and creeping privatisation, Tony O’Sullivan looks at how a new government can counter the twin attacks on the NHS

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Battling burnout: towards a regenerative activist culture

Ananya Bhattacharya — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:00:41 +0000

Laurence Cox explores how regenerative activism can be used to combat burnout and resist neoliberal capitalism

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