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
Tuesday 04th Jun 2024 An overwhelming victory for Morena, Mexico and Latin America Reporting from the polling stations in Mexico, DAVID RABY witnesses a victory for the progressive candidate Claudia Sheinbaum that even the most ardent supporters of Amlo’s ‘4T Transformation’ did not dare to hope for
Monday 03rd Jun 2024 Biden’s ‘red line’ is drawn in invisible ink Palestinians can be incinerated beyond recognition but the US is more concerned about Israel’s growing isolation, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Monday 03rd Jun 2024 Rise of the right in Europe There's no space for complacency: the British hard right is flourishing We don’t need to peer into shadowy, secretive corners for extremist politics here in Britain — it is growing openly in the mainstream of the Tory Party, and without meaningful left opposition, things will only get worse, warns BEN CHACKO
Monday 03rd Jun 2024 Eduardo Contreras: titan of justice for Chileans Kate Clark remembers a lawyer, exiled after the military overthrow of left-wing president Allende, who later helped to prosecute scores of the military coup-plotters and was instrumental in forming a new generation of human rights lawyers in the country in the ’90s
Saturday 01st Jun 2024 Eyes Left: Election Special Starmer’s top priority? Crush the left Labour’s top brass fear they might not get the thumping majority some predict — therefore the number of socialists in the next parliament must be minimised, to prevent them having any influence from the back benches on an enfeebled PM, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Saturday 01st Jun 2024 Ominous official silence over British foreign policy Gaza remains the key political issue in the world today and needs to be openly discussed as part of the coming election campaign, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Monday 03rd Jun 2024 We shall overcome KATE TAYLOR reports on the Brum Rise Up campaign to secure continuous funding of social services in the wake of the financial collapse of Birmingham City Council
Saturday 01st Jun 2024 Britain’s communists launch their election manifesto JOHNNIE HUNTER introduces the 12 priorities which will be taken to voters across the country by Communist Party candidates running in July’s general election
Saturday 01st Jun 2024 Mexico’s electoral moment of truth approaches From Mexico, DAVID RABY reports that although Morena’s candidate is expected to win, unless that victory is outright and massive, the nation’s recent bold programme of progress could be subverted by the right
Sunday 02nd Jun 2024 David Ivon Jones (1883-1924): the African from Aberystwyth Although he was a legendary organiser in South Africa — where he was an early advocate of racial unity, and he was finally buried with honours in Moscow — it is in his native Wales that this hero needs recognition, writes ROBERT GRIFFITHS
