Left Foot Forward
The racism we see today didn’t come out of nowhere. To fight it, we need to look at history
A new book traces the roots of racism in Britain up to the present day - and shows the left need to be bolder in battling it.
Brexiteers pinning their hopes on a Merkel victory need to take a reality check
While some on the right expect a Merkel win to be good for Britain, Germans are not minded to give Theresa May a friendly deal.
Hundreds are still fighting fracking in Lancashire — and this community resistance will spread
Fracking leads to water and air pollution, earthquakes and, ultimately, climate change. Caroline Lucas meets the local people fighting it on the frontline who've seen its effects.
Our clubs and venues are shutting at an alarming rate — they need protection from developers
In the last ten years, the UK has lost half of its clubs and 10,000 of its pubs.
This week’s most read: Arms dealers, sex work, and Tory plots
The top articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
The TUC voted against decriminalising sex work. Here’s why it was the right decision
Delegates at TUC Congress stood against exploitation this week: full decriminalisation of sex work would only help the traffickers and pimps.