The Woodcraft Folk was founded as a different form of youth organisation, with its founding principles rooted in co-operative, pacifist socialist ideas, writes STEVEN WALKER

When it comes to care homes it’s the same cynical Tory tactic of cutting public funding for the state-run service so that privateers can swoop in to provide a degraded service, writes STEVEN WALKER

Profiteering while being an elected MP is a practice as old as the hills, particularly for the Tories, writes STEVEN WALKER

People are facing a triple whammy of rising energy costs, a national insurance hike and a cut to universal credit — but with Starmer’s failure to step up, it’s now up to the unions to fight back, writes STEVEN WALKER

Afghanistan currently supplies 90 per cent of the world’s illegal opium — but do not expect a crackdown the new fundamentalist government: it will be ramping up production for much-needed cash, warns STEVEN WALKER

STEVEN WALKER says most of the claims made about the Olympics turn out to be false on further study – the Games do nothing for the working class or global South

Why are 26 seats in our legislature still reserved for a group from one single religion to vote with the Tories and oppose progressive reforms, asks STEVEN WALKER

There has been a 30 per cent increase in claims against our health service in the past decade, costing our health service £2.4bn in 2019 alone, writes STEVEN WALKER

The current system of cutbacks and privatised services is set to fail another generation of some of the most vulnerable children in Britain, says STEVEN WALKER

The motto of the games is 'faster, higher, stronger' underpinned by the values of 'excellence, respect and friendship' — but over time, money has eroded all these high-minded concepts, writes STEVEN WALKER

STEVEN WALKER looks at how the actions of Britain’s leading banks have earned the City of London its reputation as the money-laundering capital of the world

As the sport rakes in millions during its high season, STEVEN WALKER warns that horse deaths will continue until authorities make meaningful safety reforms

STEVEN WALKER takes a look at the squalid – and sometimes criminal – dealings of the City of London

While leftwingers everywhere are hoping for an end to the Trumpian era, voting him out is no panacea for the US’s deep-rooted problems, says STEVEN WALKER

STEVEN WALKER takes aim at the ever more indistinguishable agendas of corporate lobbyists and corporate politicians

As Cubans mark July 26 as the day the revolution began – and a national holiday – STEVEN WALKER remembers an earlier fighter for liberation, whose face is to be found on beer bottles and cigar packets today

As the government races emergency powers through Parliament to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, STEVEN WALKER looks at Britain’s record of creeping authoritarianism and asks if we should be afraid

Rather than individualising kids’ problems, they should be looked at in context, says STEVEN WALKER

In 2018 authorities made over 500,000 requests to access phone and email records, the equivalent of one in 78 adults coming under surveillance. State spying is sprialling out of control, writes STEVEN WALKER

The recent nuclear accident in Russia was a sharp reminder of how volatile nuclear material can be whether for weapons use or producing power, writes STEVEN WALKER

STEVEN WALKER salutes the late Cuban leader's Latin American School of Medicine, a model for true socialist internationalism

A recent class action law suit against two British banks over allegations of rigging the foreign exchange market are only the tip of a dirty iceberg in a sea of effluent, writes STEVEN WALKER

STEVEN WALKER puts the exploration of outer space into context

Profits come before people in the competitive world of aviation, says STEVEN WALKER

STEVEN WALKER takes a look at Chris Grayling’s disastrous probation overhaul

STEVEN WALKER looks at the themes of colonialism and white supremacy in Daniel Defoe’s famous adventure novel, published 300 years ago this month

STEVEN WALKER looks back 100 years to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre

The Catholic Church is still failing to fully admit its efforts to conceal child abuse - but the Anglican and Methodist churches are no better, writes STEVEN WALKER

The Catholic Church is still failing to fully admit its efforts to conceal child abuse - but the Anglican and Methodist churches are no better, writes STEVEN WALKER

Not only do the Prime Minister’s plans for mental health services fall short, but the major contributing factors of poverty and unemployment are only exacerbated by her government’s austerity agenda, writes STEVEN WALKER

STEVEN WALKER details the mental health problems facing child recruits to the army