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History suggests apartheid ends not through appeals to conscience alone but through sustained economic and political pressure, says HUGH LANNING
Universal basic income: best choice for the job?
CAROL WILCOX takes a look at universal basic income and finds the enthusiasm for this ‘snake-oil remedy’ very worrying
As the US marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, the People’s World Editorial Collective argues that the real legacy of 1776 lies not in official celebrations but in centuries of popular struggles to make democracy a reality for all
Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis, writes ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Socialists, feminists and trade unionists gathered in Manchester to launch a network committed to evidence-based activism with a renewed emphasis on class and collective struggle. ANNA BARRETT reports
By making it simpler to support workers in struggle, Strike Map’s new Solidarity Fund aims to strengthen strikes when they need it most, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
What could possibly be wrong with a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement?
Universal basic income (UBI) is not a new idea. Thomas More made an argument for it in his 1516 work Utopia.
Eighteenth century radical Thomas Paine was an early advocate who argued that every person should receive £15 on their 21st birthday and £10 a year thereafter to be paid out of ground rent.
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