Hugo Chavez was a hero to many on the left. Where are they now Venezuela is collapsing?
Under Chavez's successor Maduro, Venezuela is sliding towards dictatorship after years of economic mismanagement.
How Theresa May has become seduced by the logic of dictators when it comes to human rights
An attack on the Human Rights Act is an attack on us all
Criticising the media over terror attacks has turned into mass conspiracy
If a lie might help to further one's political aims, few it seems have time for the truth.
The biggest division in modern Britain boils down to if you own a home
The trigger for the 2008 crash is arguably the biggest driver of post-crash inequality.
I was wrong about Jeremy Corbyn
The left can feel reassured that a radical social democratic programme gained significant ground in Britain.
You don't have to be a Corbyn fan to see the media obsesses over his dirty laundry
We shouldn't focus on things in the past when the government is inflicting misery in the present.
Scrapping tuition fees will cost billions – the poor need that money more than graduates
The tuition fees system could be progressive. Scrapping it will take money away from where it's needed.
Why Tory promises on workers' rights aren't worth the paper they're written on
Unless Conservatives scrap the employment tribunal fees they introduced, workers can't enforce their rights.
Corbyn and his allies care more about controlling Labour than winning the election
That Jeremy Corbyn will stay on as leader even if Labour suffers a big election defeat shouldn't surprise us.
Why Tony Blair isn't relevant anymore
Labour must renew itself but neither Blairites or Corbynistas can do it.
Macron's elitist liberalism is hard to swallow for the left but it beats fascism
Be under no illusions that Macron is on the side of socialism or social democracy.
Labour is heading for its worst election defeat in living memory
The blame for this tragedy isn't just with government – it's with those who voted for an incompetent leader.
I put on two stone working in low-paid jobs - poor people aren't fat because they're lazy
Obese poor people eat junk because they're too worn out by dead-end jobs to cook.
George Osborne kicked the poor and accelerated Britain's decline — he was never a moderate
Liberal conservatism is dying at the hands of populism but progressives shouldn't mourn.
Remainers need to stop sounding like they want Brexit Britain to fail
If Remainers want to protect the gains made under the EU they need to start winning arguments.
Britain is one of the wealthiest countries in the world – so why aren't we happier?
Could it be that Brits want their cake and eat it?
Greedy ticket touts shut ordinary people out from popular culture with their rip-off prices
The government's crackdown on the bulk-buying of event tickets is a welcome move against touting.
Stealth taxes hit the poor hardest and treat the public like they're stupid
Many voters are willing to pay more tax for better public services but politicians aren't upfront with us.
Travis Kalanick's rant at a driver is no different from how Uber treats them every day
Uber avoids its responsibilities as an employer by offloading financial risks of the business onto drivers.
Jeremy Corbyn is why Labour lost Copeland – the party is the Titanic and he is its giant hole
Labour's problems run deeper than Corbyn but he is the main reason it lost the Copeland by-election.
We should fear Mark Zuckerberg's power and his utopian vision for the future
He wants a global community but by being 'tax competitive' Facebook colluded in a system that harms people.
Will the politics of 'open and closed' replace 'left versus right'?
For the openers, globalisation is to be embraced; for the closers, it's time to pull up the drawbridge.
Milo Yiannopoulos is not being denied free speech – he just doesn't deserve the platform
Granting the alt-right a platform to whip up hatred can impinge on the freedom of those on the receiving end.
We need a second referendum on our Brexit deal - or May will have no choice but to suck up to Trump
Our moral standing in the world has been sacrificed to squeezing a trade deal from an unstable President.
Fake news is thriving — but history shows it's nothing new
Fake news abounded in George Orwell's time just as it did as far back as you wish to look.
This is the week we discover that Brexit wasn't the working class revolt it was sold as
Leavers are about to turn on the working people who were told that leaving the EU would solve their problems.
Social care is in dire need of funding – it's exacerbating the NHS crisis
Privatisation and austerity have a knock-on impact on care staff and the vulnerable people they look after.
Ignore the problems immigration causes for workers and you end up with ugly solutions
Halting movement of Europeans won't help but liberals can't ignore the impact on worker-employer relations.
Don't complain about strikes this Christmas – we all need stronger trade unions
Inconvenience doesn't warrant 'emergency laws' which would curb one of the few rights workers still have.
Corbyn needs to quit the double standards and call out the crimes of Assad and Putin
Supposed anti-war activists fail to respond to bloodshed which doesn't sit with their anti-American worldview.
