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
Wednesday 29th May 2024 Eyes Left Don’t mention the war: a worthless election approaches We may have candidates here and there to support who have stood up for the people of Palestine, but with both major parties fully in support of Israel’s genocide, this election is a pointless pantomime, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Wednesday 29th May 2024 Rise of the right in Europe Le Pen and Zemmour: the far-right set the agenda in France One month before the EU elections in France Le Pen is ahead in the national polls and the even further-right Eric Zemmour is gaining, as the conservatives fall behind, reports HANSGEORG HERMANN
Thursday 30th May 2024 Rise of the right in Europe Why the right is on the rise in Denmark A splintered right wing might become a mass movement with significant working-class support by harnessing farmers’ discontent and longstanding opposition to the EU, the Danish Communist Party's KAREN SUNDS tells Morten Larsen
Tuesday 28th May 2024 People’s Conference for Palestine closes with a pledge to mobilise against Rafah invasion The US conference concluded with a commitment to intensify ending the genocide in Gaza and igniting a summer of struggle for Palestine, writes NATALIA MARQUES
Tuesday 28th May 2024 Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! In Washington DC ROGER McKENZIE sees signs of the US empire’s decay all around – especially compared with the vibrant and thriving Chinese capital
Tuesday 28th May 2024 Rise of the right in Europe The Sweden Democrats: from Nazism to government ANDERS CARLSSON on how the Sweden Democrats, with their roots in open Nazism, rose to become the second-biggest party in one of Natoʼs newest European member states
Monday 27th May 2024 Full Marx Marxism and ecology: does the answer ‘lie in the soil?’ Marx and Engels’ concern with soil provides a focus for understanding the relationship between capitalism and the environment, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday 27th May 2024 Rise of the right in Europe ‘Meloni is firmly in the saddle’ In the first of a series on the rise of the European far right, independent leftist journalist GIULIANO MARRUCCI says that Italyʼs coalition, since taking office, has completely adapted to the Establishment
Tuesday 28th May 2024 Workers in England and Sri Lanka unite against Asda SAFIEH KABIR tells the inspiring story of the solidarity that has emerged between British Asda workers and the Sri Lankan workers who produce the garments they sell
Saturday 25th May 2024 Jeremy Corbyn: What I stand for in the general election JEREMY CORBYN explains that peace, housing and decent living standards for all are top of his agenda as Britain gets set to head to the polls, where he has announced he will be an independent candidate
