Here's a piece I reported for Harper's Magazine about the plight of chronic pain sufferers in America. It's story of medical abandonment, destructive drug policy, and the nightmare of untreated pain, as insurers refuse to cover essential care. harpers.org/archive/2018/0…

1 in 5 prisoners in England & Wales is awaiting trial, some for 5 years. 22 hours/day of that time is spent with others in cells meant for 1. No resettlement services - or compensation - are offered if found innocent. theguardian.com/law/2024/dec/0…

Young men are entering into an economy that is unequal, a society that is atomised and workplaces that are insecure. Right-wing influencers posing as self-help gurus are appealing directly to them. But an alternative is possible. Me for The Guardian. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🗞️ Shocking findings, Michel Forst & Oscar Berglund: Australia & the UK lead the world in arrests of environmental defenders. Civic space is under threat globally. We urge Australian Government & GOV.UK to lead forward, not backward, in fighting repression globally 📢theguardian.com/environment/20…

I tried to make some sense of our reaction to Brian Thompson's murder, with some help from inverted vibe curve: burgertown has fallen: nymag.com/intelligencer/…

While Suella Braverman and Priti Patel are remembered as the spearheads of the protest crackdown, writes Francesca Newton, it was Tony Blair who kicked it into a whole new gear. novaramedia.com/2024/12/27/how…

New Labour’s protest policing gives important context to the Starmer government’s embrace of the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts & Public Order Acts, so I wrote about it for Novara:

2025 only seems to promise more of the horrors of recent years. We have to change that outlook.  Vashti editor Francesca Newton in this week’s Pickle: vashtimedia.com/new-year-2025-…

Missed this at the time, but nice to have my piece on the Dunnes Stores Strike reprinted in Jacobin last month

Impossible to imagine the conditions Gazan people are going to continue living in for years even if the ceasefire holds ap.org/news-highlight…

48 people are still in custody and MPs are being questioned by police for participating in peaceful protest. A real line has been crossed here. This need to be fought be everyone who believes in free speech.

This piece on comedy in protest is a good read. Worth adding the amazing fact that police were concerned enough about Circa, the clown group that protested the Iraq War, for an undercover officer to infiltrate it. ft.com/content/4ec7af…

Our latest issue, ‘Gastropolitics’, is out now. From English food riots to Polish socialist milk bars and farmers’ uprisings in India, read Alex Niven, Juliet Jacques, Owen Hatherley and Fran Newton. A full year of print for just £20: tribunemag.co.uk/subscribe?code…

"You can hate the box and fear what Trump will find by thinking outside it." Vashti editor Francesca Newton on Trump’s plan for Gaza, and why his absurdity might be his biggest asset. vashtimedia.com/trump-gaza-pla…

My piece on the 1795 price-fixing riots is now free to read online, featuring this apparently evergreen letter from the Minister of Colne to the newly-formed Home Office in 1800:

Tribune is pleased to announce that socialist writer and academic Alex Niven (Alex Niven) will be joining as its new editor. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/03/alex-n…

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