Immigration continues to be identified as a “pressing concern” by media commentators and policy makers, with surveys showing most Brits have a negative view of it. Socialists tend to have a stock number of responses to this, pointing statistical evidence and redirecting blame to politicians. However, Jack O’Neill argues this is insufficient - we need to directly address the concept of ownership itself to dissuade people’s concerns…

In two weeks time, far-right demagogue Steve Bannon appears in Edinburgh at a BBC-endorsed event called News Xchange. On Conter, several contributors have written extensively about why defeating the far-right through amicable discourse is impossible. Following Nicola Sturgeon’s withdrawal from appearing at the event, David Mitchell’s petition to the BBC to withdraw their endorsement has already garnered over a 1,000 signatures. He writes about Bannon and why he’s so dangerous, calling on as many activists to sign as possible…

Far right extremist Tommy Robinson's public profile has grown rapidly in recent months as mainstream commentators have fallen over each other attempting to defend his right to 'free speech'. But Jack McCrochan says platforming Tommy and his followers is reckless. Are the left anti-free speech? He argues the opposite...

Following on in our series of articles on mental health and capitalism, Sean Baillie looks at male suicide, currently the leading cause of death in men under 50 in the UK. Alienation, drugs and toxic masculinity are cited as key factors in this epidemic – what role should trade unions be playing to combat this? The following piece is not graphic, but it does deal in sensitive content matter...

It's a well accepted narrative on the left that neo-liberalism has provided the perfect terrain for the reactionary right to flourish. Young activist Jack O'Neill provides a broad overview of how we reached this point and argues that democratisation at all levels needs to be a key focal point in the fightback going forward...