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
Monday 17th Jun 2024 Opinion Trade unions are today’s soviets The reliance on political parties to bring about socialist change in Britain has proved a total failure says FAWZI IBRAHIM. Time for the true representatives of the working class, the trade unions, to take a direct role in asserting their will on the government of the day
Monday 17th Jun 2024 Why the fight to save British steel matters to teaching unions Cardiff teacher MATT FLAMENCO pledges solidarity to the Port Talbot strikers, warning that losing vital industries will blight already struggling communities and shatter the futures of the classroom’s most vulnerable children
Monday 17th Jun 2024 Faiza Shaheen won’t back down In one of the most dishonest episodes of the recent purges, Labour HQ has tried to deny Chingford the chance to vote for a committed and talented socialist — but ANDREW MURRAY finds she is fighting back, with huge local support
Monday 17th Jun 2024 Self-inflicted wounds: the local government funding crisis As council funding dwindles, leaving the most vulnerable at risk, unions and community groups must unite to challenge Labour’s tepid response with calls for proper funding paid for by proper taxes, writes DAVID RATCHFORD
Sunday 16th Jun 2024 The miners’ riot van and invulnerable snowman From repurposing a police van as the picket express to facing kidnap charges, former miner STEWART BROWN tells northern reporter Peter Lazenby tales of defiance from Bold Colliery during the 1984-85 strike
Saturday 15th Jun 2024 The transnational fight for African freedom In the final part of a series taken from his new book, African Uhuru, ROGER McKENZIE discusses the work of black rights titans George Padmore and Marcus Garvey, plus the significance of the Non-Aligned Movement’s creation in 1955
Saturday 15th Jun 2024 The global South swings left, Europe lurches right From Modi’s stumble to Sheinbaum’s surge, voters in the majority world are seeking economic justice — here in Britain, Labour must learn to offer real change before Farage devours the Tories, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Orgreave: the 40-year struggle for the truth Miners battered by the police in 1984 still await justice as Labour pledges to launch a probe — but will any new inquiry pry loose the BBC’s buried footage and expose the Tory lies that framed innocents, asks CHRIS PEACE
Sunday 16th Jun 2024 I am voting for the independent Jeremy Corbyn He has shown his selfless commitment to his constituency and the people who live there, young and old, over many decades. Jeremy deserves your vote, writes LAURA ALVAREZ
