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
Sunday 14th Jul 2024 David Ivon Jones, preacher, propagandist, trade union organiser and revolutionary A century after his death, the forgotten communist pioneer’s legacy in South Africa and beyond is celebrated in Aberystwyth with films, talks and drama, writes MEIC BIRTWHISTLE
Wednesday 10th Jul 2024 Opinion Starmer’s Labour: The UK Establishment’s Supernova by Radhika Desai, Alan Freeman and Carlos Martinez
Wednesday 10th Jul 2024 Eyes Left What kind of a parliament and government have we just elected? ANDREW MURRAY looks at Labour's shifting fortunes, the left as it stands in the new parliament and the likely character of the Starmer government
Wednesday 10th Jul 2024 Right and left Labour in the 2024 election In the third of his four-part series on the general election, PETER KENWORTHY looks at Keir Starmer's moves to shift Labour right, and how some independent candidates used that to challenge the party
Tuesday 09th Jul 2024 EU tariffs on China: a script written in Washington Brussels is following the US’s lead in slapping punitive duties on China’s electric vehicles, sabotaging Europe’s climate goals and economic interests to appease Biden’s anti-Beijing crusade, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Tuesday 09th Jul 2024 Labour’s ‘landslide’ and the tasks for the left Communist Party leader ROBERT GRIFFITHS dissects the election results, looking at all of the political spectrum, from the hard right to the far left, and assesses the political landscape it reveals
Tuesday 09th Jul 2024 Starmer's Labour: a legacy of U-turns and watered-down pledges From nationalising public services, taxes on the rich, dropping tuition fees to green investment, the new PM’s abandoned promises raise doubts about Labour’s real commitment to its promises for ‘change,’ writes PETER KENWORTHY
Tuesday 09th Jul 2024 Voices of Scotland Scotland’s expectations as Labour takes the reins As Labour takes control across Britain, the SNP’s progressive policies have set a benchmark for Starmer in many areas, while nuclear disarmament remains a key issue Labour neglects, writes BILL KIDD MSP
Monday 08th Jul 2024 What is the ‘social wage?’ The fight to defend public services is as important as the struggle over wages, but presents different challenges to workplace organising — especially with regards to bourgeois propaganda and conditioning, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday 08th Jul 2024 Just deserts: the deep devastation behind the Tory wipeout In the first of a four-part series, PETER KENWORTHY explains how the historic loss was the result of an equally historic period of overall decline under the Conservatives that reached every corner of our nation
