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 23rd Apr 2024 Voices of Scotland Rejuvenated and ready to play a part From a trades councils perspective, TOM MORRISON gives the lowdown on STUC Congress, where debates on Palestine solidarity and cuts to local council funding were hot topics in the debating hall
Tuesday 23rd Apr 2024 Asian ‘Nato’ encircles China The US-steered Aukus military alliance is cranking up hostilities by inviting Japan into the anti-China pact, writes FIONA EDWARDS of the No Cold War campaign
Tuesday 23rd Apr 2024 China’s all-answer’s ‘12345’ hotline From China, ROGER McKENZIE reports on the nation’s remarkable 24-hour switchboard that fields everything from travel queries to feedback and complaints about the running of society
Monday 22nd Apr 2024 Reach for the Star Circulation manager BERNADETTE KEAVENEY reports back on the work of the readers and supporters’ groups holding events in their communities and the push for premium digital subscriptions for unions
Monday 22nd Apr 2024 We must stop an all-out war in the Middle East In a statement on the current dangerous escalation in the region following Israel’s exchanges with Iran, LIBERATION says Yes to peace and self-determination — No to war and foreign intervention
Monday 22nd Apr 2024 Freedom Flotilla to set sail for Gaza Defying the potential of another deadly Israeli attack on aid workers, activist ships are once more sailing to Gaza to break the siege and deliver relief to starving Palestinians, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Monday 22nd Apr 2024 Full Marx What’s the future with AI? The increased efficiency of any aspect of capitalism will not automatically lead to its collapse and transformation — avoiding the dangers and realising the potential of AI will involve struggle, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Saturday 20th Apr 2024 Saudi Arabia to helm UN women’s forum: an irony lost on no-one How has Saudi Arabia, notorious for human rights abuses, been appointed to lead the UN commission on gender equality despite continuing to imprison women activists advocating for basic rights, asks MARYAM ALDOSSARI
Saturday 20th Apr 2024 Scotland faces an unjust transition The wind energy boom in Scotland is not going to Scotland — why are we allowing both the jobs and the energy being produced go to foreign companies, asks KENNY MACASKILL MP
Saturday 20th Apr 2024 Forging a better road for tomorrow SIMON BRIGNELL explains why he’s compelled to stand in Cambridge local election on a Communist Party ticket
