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
Thursday 11th Apr 2024 Gardening Rediscover the mighty marrow Previously staple of all our gardens, the neglected marrow is making a culinary comeback, offering versatile flavours and textures when picked and prepared properly – so let your courgettes live large, writes MAT COWARD
Thursday 11th Apr 2024 State pensions: a diminishing ‘benefit’ under the Tories What was once common sense to both major parties – that we all pay a little of our wages to receive a pension when we are too old to work – has been viciously undermined by decades of neoliberalism, explains NICK WRIGHT
Wednesday 10th Apr 2024 Air Max Day 2024: the bubble bursts As the momentum of the boycott movement against Israel grows, artist JACK PANIK reflects on the growing rift between creatives and the street culture brands they once were proud to work for who are now complicit in the Gaza genocide
Wednesday 10th Apr 2024 Science and Society Earthquake deaths: the dividing line on fault lines The low death toll and damage from a recent earthquake in Taiwan highlights global inequality in preparing for natural disasters, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Wednesday 10th Apr 2024 Killing humanitarian workers as a strategy: Israel's endgame in Gaza RAMZY BAROUD explains that Israel isn’t making mistakes, even due to callous carelessness — killing aid workers is part of a wider plan to make life in northern Gaza impossible, to facilitate ethnic cleansing
Tuesday 09th Apr 2024 It’s time to hold ‘fast fashion’ to account In light of their vicious exploitation of workers and the massive ecological cost they bring, the government should be clamping down on fast fashion brands like Boohoo and Shein. Instead, it is enabling them, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Tuesday 09th Apr 2024 Voices of Scotland The crime we should really be hating is incompetence They have done it again, laments STEPHEN LOW, as the Scottish government passes another intrusive Act, this time on ‘hate crimes,’ that seems so unworkable even those announcing it could not describe it accurately
Tuesday 09th Apr 2024 Evicting the Valparaiso settlements would disgrace Chile The evictions of the informal settlements could make 4,000 families homeless. The ‘anti-usurpation law’ being used is one of the worst setbacks to Chile’s housing policy since Pinochet, writes MIGUEL LAWNER
Tuesday 09th Apr 2024 Spinal injuries face an NHS bowel care crisis RUTH HUNT reports on a campaign urging government action to address the life-threatening state of bowel care, the need for a new national policy and adequately trained staff to ensure patient safety and dignity
Monday 08th Apr 2024 Crap politics: from the rivers to the sea When it comes to the water industry, we need to put the interests of society before those of speculators. ALAN SIMPSON has some ideas about how to bring about the change we need
