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
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Offering hope for the working class PHIL KATZ writes on three communist local election campaigns in the East of England
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Interview What next after the Cass review? GP and co-chair of the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender LOUISE IRVINE tells Ros Sitwell what the group would like to see in terms of implementing evidence-based healthcare and safeguarding for those experiencing gender issues in the NHS and beyond
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 From May 4 your weekend paper will go up in price by 10p. Here's why Editor BEN CHACKO explains that despite rising print sales our costs have still risen sharply ahead of income over the past couple of years
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Workers' Memorial Day 2024 Protecting workers' health must become a priority JON TRICKETT calls for a renewed commitment to driving up safety standards in all workplaces
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Let the left embrace a world in mutiny The Marxist politician who led the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB) during its unprecedented rise from 2008 to 2021, PETER MERTENS, speaks to Ben Chacko about how the European left can regain its vision and its base in the working class
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Tory class policies delivered millions into poverty and destitution PADDY LILLIS makes the case for voting Labour at the next general election
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Workers' Memorial Day 2024 For rail, minimum service levels could be deadly Aslef general secretary MICK WHELAN warns that any attempt to run trains with a skeleton crew due to the outrageous stipulations of the Tories’ anti-strike Bill could easily lead to a disastrous loss of life
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Workers' Memorial Day 2024 Firefighters are being left to die There is now proof from the highest bodies that we are exposed to contaminants, cancers and diseases, and die from them at a far higher rate than the general public, but no action is being taken to support us, writes COLIN BROWN
Friday 26th Apr 2024 Osteoporosis services are in a ‘chronic state’ When over-fifties fracture bones from minor falls, scanning could show if they have this debilitating condition, and steps can be taken to treat it. Major delays and lack of scanners means this isn’t happening properly, writes RUTH HUNT
Friday 26th Apr 2024 Elites in the global North are scared to talk about Palestine While people across the world have been taking bold action in support of Palestine, the global North ruling class has used all tools at its disposal to support Israel’s genocide and criminalise solidarity writes VIJAY PRASHAD
