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 05th Mar 2025 An empire of appearances Trump’s policy on Ukraine has shifted the transatlantic order and the illusion of European power has been dispelled – leaving behind the harsh reality of the continent’s irrelevance and its inability to shift the geopolitical dial, writes PAWEL WARGAN
Wednesday 05th Mar 2025 Eyes Left The final straw? Starmer’s unseemly rush to the right is part of a historical pattern when Labour is in power, argues ANDREW MURRAY, but there’s no reason why politics in general should follow this trajectory
Wednesday 05th Mar 2025 The anti-war heart of International Women’s Day beats on From confronting Nato to defending Irish neutrality, Clare Daly’s principled stance embodies the often-forgotten peace tradition at the heart of IWD — we are proud to welcome her to our Belfast event, writes LYNDA WALKER
Wednesday 05th Mar 2025 How can you have a workplace anti-sexual harassment policy in a brothel? As TUC Women’s Conference prepares to debate the decriminalisation of prostitution, EMMA, who exited the sex industry more than nine years ago, reflects on how her harrowing experience changed her initial view that ‘sex work is work’
Tuesday 04th Mar 2025 Voices of Scotland Storm warnings should be listened to by bosses Companies that forced staff to risk their lives during January’s extreme weather or face financial penalties have revealed the urgent need for enforceable safety standards beyond mere guidelines, argues JOHN CARSON
Tuesday 04th Mar 2025 The Labour Party: a complicated birth The formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900 marked the beginning of interconnected and contested strategies — parliamentary and industrial — seeking ways to advance working-class interests, writes KEITH FLETT
Tuesday 04th Mar 2025 After Gaza: international law at the crossroads Israel’s crimes in Gaza have forced a reckoning with international law’s selective application as Western nations sanction ICC prosecutors and attack UN officials who demand accountability, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Tuesday 04th Mar 2025 The feminist-socialist point of view comes to Clerkenwell Green Author RACHEL HOLMES invites readers to come to her talk in London about the great foremother of the working-class women’s movement – Eleanor Marx
Monday 03rd Mar 2025 ‘Worth it’ — Palestine activists fined for paint protest in Hove The trio were given a conditional discharge and £600 penalties after painting ‘Stop arming Israel’ on Science Secretary Peter Kyle’s window in frustration at being ignored despite attempts to meet their MP, reports JOE GILL