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 12th Mar 2025 Science and Society Chokepoint canals: How climate and politics threaten global shipping Man-made canals like Panama and Suez face unprecedented challenges from extreme weather patterns and geopolitical tensions that reveal the fragility of our global trade networks, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Thursday 13th Mar 2025 Meet the five tribes that make up the Reform UK phenomenon NICK WRIGHT examines how Farage’s party has attracted five distinct voter tribes with incompatible views on economics, immigration and state intervention — presenting both a challenge and opportunity for left organising
Tuesday 11th Mar 2025 No empire dies quietly: the violent twilight of US dominance With trade wars backfiring, allies resisting military demands, and approval ratings plummeting, Trump’s dangerous pursuit of colonial ambitions threatens to end the ‘American century’ with catastrophic conflict, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Tuesday 11th Mar 2025 Voices of Scotland Not a penny for war as public services crumble As Britain plans to increase military spending to 2.6 per cent of the GDP while health services face devastating cuts and drug costs soar, working-class Scots urgently need united resistance, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Tuesday 11th Mar 2025 The monarchy failed to silence me — but free speech remains in danger The police have finally admitted it was totally illegal to arrest me for simply asking who elected King Charles — my ordeal has opened my eyes to the plight of free speech and the right to protest in Britain, writes SYMON HILL
Friday 14th Mar 2025 Palestine champions honoured with Solidarity Iftar Journalists, campaign groups and protest leaders received recognition from the Muslim community for their courage in standing against genocide amid growing police repression and media smears, reports BEN CHACKO
Tuesday 11th Mar 2025 Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing billions can’t cleanse the brutal truth From golf and football to Formula One, the kingdom uses unprecedented investments in global sport to divert attention from its persecution of journalists, dissidents and women, write BELLA KATZ and ROGER McKENZIE
Monday 10th Mar 2025 When Yuri Gagarin gave Britain’s ruling class a headache MAT COWARD recalls the occasion when the first man in space paid a visit to our shores in 1961
Monday 10th Mar 2025 An end to the academy school gravy train? As the government moves to rein in academy freedoms, former darling of conservative education reform Katharine Birbalsingh cries ‘Marxism.’ Education columnist ROBERT POOLE examines how academisation has failed our children while enriching executives and empowering ideologues at the expense of democratic accountability
Monday 10th Mar 2025 Forty years on from the Swann Report Shocking institutional racism in the schools system was exposed in a 1985 report highlighting the over-representation of black children branded ‘educationally subnormal.’ Four decades on the fight for justice continues, writes JAYDEE SEAFORTH
