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
Monday 14th Apr 2025 ‘One worker, one share, one vote’ Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn laid out a roadmap for peace, justice and equality as they celebrated the legacy of inspirational socialist Tony Benn, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Saturday 12th Apr 2025 Whoever heard of tree spinach? Well, MAT COWARD did, and here’s his introduction to it
Saturday 12th Apr 2025 Artificial justice ANSELM ELDERGILL asks whether artificial intelligence may decide legal cases in the future, in place of human judges, and how AI could reshape the legal landscape
Saturday 12th Apr 2025 Aw That The dangerous tempo of politics shifting rightward Like pieces on a chess board, centrist parties lose ground as they accommodate rather than challenge far-right agendas — socialists must play things better, warns MATT KERR
Saturday 12th Apr 2025 Central Europe in revolt as Hungary and Slovakia defy Brussels With both nations blasting Brussels for failing to secure their energy needs and mishandling first the Ukraine war and now the US tariff crisis, this joint statement signals trouble ahead for the EU’s geopolitical aims, reports RAINER RUPP
Friday 11th Apr 2025 Miners’ heroine Anne Scargill dies aged 83 HEATHER WOOD pays tribute to a champion of working-class women and a fierce voice of solidarity
Friday 11th Apr 2025 European centrist parties’ puzzling anti-Russian hostility explained Despite the US withdrawal from Ukraine and economic self-harm from sanctions, European centrists maintain their bellicosity to justify military spending and distract from neoliberalism's failures, writes PRABHAT PATNAIK
Friday 11th Apr 2025 The mass murder that signalled the end of apartheid MARC WADSWORTH reports from the meeting to commemorate the Sharpeville Massacre 65 years ago
Friday 11th Apr 2025 You scratch my back, and... Labour does favours for Tories Why is the Labour government so addicted to giving government jobs to Tories when it spent so long trying to oust them? In the hope the favour is returned the next time the Tories return to power, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Friday 11th Apr 2025 End of an era for Red Pepper – but a new era begins After more than 30 years, the printing presses have finally halted for the left-wing magazine. KATE HUDSON pays tribute to the always thought-provoking publication and explains how the editorial team are inviting feedback and comment on their continued online operations
