Books Books Handle with care GLYN ROBBINS advises caution when seeking advice on trans children from the conservative and reactionary forces that are exploiting them
Tuesday 09th Nov 2021 The state of the States The chasm between US Establishment politics and the daily struggles of working-class Americans continues to grow – but tactical errors by the left have led to worrying outcomes in recent elections, writes GLYN ROBBINS
BOOKS Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 BOOKS A capital vision London has been a pioneer in council housing, radical local democracy and multiculturalism and a new book persuasively argues that it can be so again, says GLYN ROBBINS
BOOKS Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 BOOKS Billions in profit, millions in need GLYN ROBBINS recommends an exposé of how speculative property investment is destroying access to public-sector housing
Saturday 21st Sep 2019 Labour Party Conference ’19 Labour needs clear policies, with a serious commitment to council housing at their core The party needs to be explicit: council housing means council housing, says GLYN ROBBINS
Friday 21st Jun 2019 Prospects for the US: Normal is broken GLYN ROBBINS reports from a trip to the US where the Democratic Socialists of America are looking to bolster Bernie Sanders’s campaign
Tuesday 25th Sep 2018 More and better council homes must be at the heart of a new approach to housing Housing is the front line of a major political battle — it’s time to step up the fight, argues GLYN ROBBINS
Saturday 28th Apr 2018 New documentary charts the struggle to defend the welfare state GLYN ROBBINS is impressed by a film about the campaigns to protect the social benefits won over decades
Friday 09th Feb 2018 Housing Crisis Light at the end of the housing tunnel Concerted opposition to estate demolitions, privatisation and profiteering have won important battles and there’s hope for improving the situation of private renters in new parliamentary Bill