Paul Mason
23 July 2024
Covid lessons and the sickness in our system
If the British state is to meet the crises to come, urgent restructuring is required
Read the full article17 July 2024
A PM in a hurry with a power shift as the prize
Starmer’s first steps prove to voters that he intends to use the power he’s been handed
Read the full article05 July 2024
Tackle migration or face yet more fragmentation
Starmer now has a fight on his hands to keep down a new crop of extreme right and left wing MPs
Read the full article03 July 2024
Starmer’s Labour can win back the working class
Starmer looks poised for victory because those around him understand that Labour is the product of the working class
Read the full article26 June 2024
Starmerism: a clear-eyed and detail-driven quiet revolution
If the new prime minister gets it right, something better than Blairism is in prospect
Read the full article19 June 2024
The price of a Russian win is too high to pay
A Russian victory over Ukraine would provide proof of the concept that ‘might is right’
Read the full article12 June 2024
Could Starmer lead Europe’s defence?
One of Keir Starmer’s first challenges as prime minister will be to navigate the fragmenting world order
Read the full article05 June 2024
How to grow an economy
A Labour government will have to learn to allow rising demand and investment to happen
Read the full article29 May 2024
The West cannot negotiate with Putin
His ‘offer’ should be understood for what it is: an invitation to the west to sign its own death warrant
Read the full article21 May 2024
We can’t let Putin dictate the pace in Ukraine
Those who want to see Ukraine win, and not be destroyed, have a right to ask our politicians to get serious
Read the full article15 May 2024
Xi Jinping’s divide and rule tour of Europe
With China's economy in trouble, Xi has taken to wooing Europe
Read the full article08 May 2024
Free-market capitalism made us sick. Now Labour must prioritise wellbeing
Labour should scrap the Tories’ assault on PIP from day one, ending the victimisation of the long-term sick
Read the full article01 May 2024
Labour has a golden opportunity to resolve the migration issue
In doing so, the party must prepare for the inevitable backlash from the far right fringes
Read the full article24 April 2024
Europe needs its own Iron Dome to stop Putin. But saying so is the easy bit
In the age of the drone and the ballistic missile, national security does not come cheap
Read the full article17 April 2024
Big, effective, socially just: A rent revolution could be Labour’s big idea
With political willpower, 2025 could see London become the test bed for a new generation of rent control powers
Read the full article10 April 2024
Enough is enough. The case for suspending arms sales to Israel is clear
Netanyahu must be replaced by a leader prepared to end Israel’s incompetence and recklessness
Read the full article03 April 2024
Why I won’t stop talking about left wing antisemitism
Like it or not, this will be a theme in the upcoming general election – we are living through a defining moment for the left
Read the full article20 March 2024
The next global crisis is here. Debt for the poorest means blowback for us all
The elites of the global south have become remarkably disunited when faced with the prospect of their own bankruptcy
Read the full article12 March 2024
Europe needs to reform to stop the right. Is von der Leyen tough enough to do it?
Her plan will only work if she can deliver growth, clean energy and rising wages
Read the full article06 March 2024
Netanyahu has squandered the world’s sympathy. All that remains is chaos
Decades of untrammelled military power have rendered Israel’s political elite incapable of strategic thinking
Read the full article28 February 2024
If Trump wins, Starmer must be ready to lead not just Britain but Nato too
If Trump walks away from Nato, it will realistically be Starmer who decides what’s next for Britain
Read the full article21 February 2024
Ukraine, two years on. The war Europe must win
On the second anniversary of Putin’s invasion, the time for talk is over. If Ukraine is defeated, an entire continent will be next
Read the full article14 February 2024
Putin’s useful idiot only served one purpose: promoting fascism
Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin did nothing but inflate the dictator’s ego and advertise his own version of history
Read the full article07 February 2024
The worst of the Tory-created council cash crisis is yet to come
Easy to criticise and burden with blame, local government is the perfect scapegoat for the Tories
Read the full article31 January 2024
An economy in crisis. A leadership in denial. The great fall of China is here
Soon, China’s politics will give way to economics and its debt crisis will inevitably entail pain for consumers
Read the full article24 January 2024
A new Corbyn party on the left is good news for the right
Jeremy Corbyn is thought to be mulling the launch of a new left wing party
Read the full article17 January 2024
We’re trying to be a global military power on the cheap… and it shows
If the UK wants to remain a top-tier military power, we need to pay the price
Read the full article10 January 2024
We can’t go on like this. It must be a spring election
Our democracy deserves better than the games Rishi Sunak is playing
Read the full article10 January 2024
The west has 10 months to save Ukraine
Populists in Europe and the US are running on a platform of defunding Zelensky. That brings a Russian victory closer than ever
Read the full article03 January 2024
As Gaza’s tragedy threatens to spread, the ceasefire drumbeat must get louder
The route to a ceasefire in Gaza lies not through rhetorical demands, but through diplomatic pressure
Read the full article20 December 2023
Whatever Orbán and the Republicans throw in its path, Ukraine has to win
The west must understand that when it comes to Putin, there are only binary outcomes
Read the full article13 December 2023
Why we can’t cancel Wagner
Each new performance is a comment on his genius.. and his vile antisemitism
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