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 04th Feb 2025 What one family in Gaza returned home to after 15 months of war by Abdel Kareem Hana, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
Monday 03rd Feb 2025 Trump announces Guantanamo Bay base expansion to detain up to 30,000 migrants The project has caused indignation in Cuba, which claims sovereignty over the base, occupied more than 100 years ago by the US military, writes PABLO MERIGUET
Tuesday 04th Feb 2025 The cuts agenda: disabled people in Labour’s sights Far from addressing the causes of ill-health and disability, Starmer, Reeves and Kendall are committed to unleashing more misery for disabled people, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
Monday 03rd Feb 2025 Join Aleida Guevara in solidarity with Cuba and Palestine Cuba Solidarity Campaign director ROB MILLER invites readers to book tickets for a speaking tour not to be missed in the struggle for liberation around the globe
Saturday 01st Feb 2025 Housing in crisis: delaying meaningful change to a broken private rental system The Welsh government is shying away from the obvious answer to a spiralling rental market and increased housing precarity – well-designed and implemented rent controls, writes LUKE FLETCHER
Saturday 01st Feb 2025 Aw That Crumbs off the table Attempts at haggling to win a deal over the Scottish Budget still leave public services short-changed, writes MATT KERR
Saturday 01st Feb 2025 We are the people – we won’t be silent Palestine Solidarity Campaign director BEN JAMAL explains why this is the moment to escalate all of our actions
Saturday 01st Feb 2025 As good as New MAT COWARD tells of a pioneering suffragette and one of the first direct actionists, who’s commemorated in a street name in Swindon
Saturday 01st Feb 2025 Build the movement against racism – build working-class solidarity Today’s far-right demo called by ‘Tommy Robinson’ from prison to ‘free the political prisoners’ is a dark sign of today’s politics. We need a class-based fightback now, argues TONY CONWAY
Saturday 01st Feb 2025 Interview ‘It's crucial to keep the Palestine movement on the streets’ Stop the War Coalition vice-chair CHRIS NINEHAM speaks to Ben Chacko about the repression of Palestine protests, civil liberties and the left's priority tasks
