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
Thursday 27th Jun 2024 Iranian election sham will not fool the people With Iran heading to the polls following the death of president Raisi, STEVE BISHOP assesses the candidates, and warns of a wide and growing gap between the populace and the regime
Thursday 27th Jun 2024 What can we learn from Freedom, a landmark magazine of the cold war era? During the height of McCarthyist repression in the US, black rights legends Paul Robeson and Louis Burnham launched a publication that drew the anti-imperialist connections that others feared to make, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Thursday 27th Jun 2024 ‘Things are going to slide’ — politics in turmoil Visionary leadership is needed to tackle the existential climate crisis, but Labour risks squandering any opportunity for transformative change by clinging to the neoliberal economic orthodoxy, writes ALAN SIMPSON
Thursday 27th Jun 2024 Global unions’ mission pledges support for Palestinian statehood TIM DAWSON reports from a trade unionists’ solidarity visit to Palestine, where hope for peace, despite the horrors of the conflict, remains strong
Wednesday 26th Jun 2024 Eyes Left No ceasefire, no vote In light of the mass movement in solidarity with Gaza, there is a simple metric to assess whether a Labour candidate deserves your support on July 4, explains ANDREW MURRAY
Wednesday 26th Jun 2024 Milei’s neoliberal nightmare degrades Argentina The last six months have seen the self-styled ‘libertarian capitalist’ bulldoze workers’ rights and national sovereignty, as his crazed shock-doctrine economic reforms face growing resistance on the streets, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Tuesday 25th Jun 2024 Julian Assange – from Belmarsh to freedom at last At long last the WikiLeaks founder is free. For all those who care about freedom of speech it’s time to celebrate, writes TIM DAWSON of the International Federation of Journalists
Tuesday 25th Jun 2024 Death by a thousand cuts We need candidates ready to build a united front to defend our services and communities, and stand up against the politics of despair which can only grow when people ‘lose faith’ with the Establishment parties, argues NATHAN HENNEBRY
Tuesday 25th Jun 2024 We’ll hold Labour’s feet to the fire RMT leader MICK LYNCH talks to Elizabeth Short about why Starmer needs to fulfil promises to scrap anti-strike laws and renationalise rail, and laments the lack of a transformative green new deal to create jobs and tackle the climate crisis
Tuesday 25th Jun 2024 Voices of Scotland Labour’s Scottish revival hinges on bold vision As the Tories wither and the SNP’s independence dream fades, CAROL MOCHAN MSP urges voters to reject nationalist complacency and embrace a transformative Labour government that could tackle poverty and climate change head-on
