City of temples hosts the 24th congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) As a delegate to the party’s 24th congress, HARSEV BAINS connects historical threads from Harry Pollitt’s 1954 visit to today’s challenges of building left unity against corporate-backed Hindu nationalism
Friday 26th Jul 2024 Remember the Pentonville Five, when workers' solidarity shook the system ROGER SUTTON reflects on the mass action that freed imprisoned dockers on this day in 1972, which is to be commemorated later this year in an event drawing parallels with the struggles of workers today
Friday 26th Jul 2024 From Washington to Westminster, Labour’s rightward march continues Women’s organiser CAROL STAVRIS delivered the main report to the Communist Party’s political committee on July 23, which is summarised in this article
Thursday 25th Jul 2024 Doing battle with war: the Luton Peace Riots 1919 MAT COWARD delves into the riots that saw ex-soldiers ransack a banquet, commandeer a piano and torch the town hall, enraged by tone-deaf officials’ elitist armistice celebrations
Thursday 25th Jul 2024 From Obama to Kamala, ‘diversity’ without progress is pointless Having black capitalist politicians in leadership positions shows that capitalism is able to accommodate racial diversity, writes ROGER McKENZIE — but if the world still starves and burns, so what?
Thursday 25th Jul 2024 Sudan’s health crisis, from war zones to refugee camps The health crisis in Sudan has reached critical levels due to the widespread destruction of hospitals, collapsed sanitation infrastructure, and mass displacement of the population, writes ANA VRACAR
Thursday 25th Jul 2024 The return of the European Question: what next for Britain-EU relations? As Starmer hints at closer ties, MARTIN HALL warns of the dangers of creeping alignment and calls for a renewed socialist case for independence from Brussels, especially over the EU’s constraints on economic planning
Wednesday 24th Jul 2024 Boluarte implicated in mass repression Amnesty International alleges that senior Peruvian officials either planned or deliberately failed to stop the violent crackdown on anti-coup protests which killed more than 50 people and injured thousands, writes PABLO MERIGUET
Wednesday 24th Jul 2024 The railway that was murdered DAVE WELSH looks at a little-known story of the deliberate destruction of 519km of socially and economically important rail infrastructure in Palestine
Wednesday 24th Jul 2024 Is Trump now unstoppable? Behind the superficial glitter of the Republican election campaign, lie big money interests and an assortment of extreme right-wing groups – including white supremacists, anti-semites and bizarre conspiracy theorists, warns JOHN GREEN
Tuesday 23rd Jul 2024 What’s behind the Israeli war on UNRWA? RAMZY BAROUD exposes the systematic targeting of UN facilities in Gaza, explaining how this is part of a broader strategy of erasing Palestinian refugee rights and history while blocking international aid
