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
Friday 17th Jan 2025 Why is western democracy faltering? Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
Friday 17th Jan 2025 Renewables are cheaper: time to break fossil fuel’s pricing grip Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
Friday 17th Jan 2025 The ‘grooming gang’ scandal: how Musk subverts true justice By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Friday 17th Jan 2025 Cuba is not a ‘terror sponsor’ – the fight continues The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thursday 16th Jan 2025 ‘I am a Gazan’: writing on Eleanor Marx in times of genocide on her 170th birthday The youngest daughter of Karl Marx and her unwavering humanity in the face of injustice remain relevant for our times, writes DANA MILLS
Thursday 16th Jan 2025 Photography and resistance: securing the evidence in Nazi-occupied Europe Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
Wednesday 15th Jan 2025 Science and Society The human costs of hydrogen, the ‘fuel of the future’ Natural hydrogen gas could be a replacement for fossil fuels, but its extraction could see developing nations face familiar patterns of land loss and resource theft, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Wednesday 15th Jan 2025 The right is hijacking outrage over grooming gangs The failure on grooming gangs that has suddenly received a new wave of attention isn’t a failure of multiculturalism; it is a failure to tackle an epidemic of violence against women and girls, write JESS BARNARD and BEN LIAO
Wednesday 15th Jan 2025 Caracas unites the international anti-fascist movement Peace and solidarity campaigner DAVID PEAT reports from the World International Anti-Fascist Festival held earlier this month with the support of the Maduro government in socialist Venezuela
Thursday 16th Jan 2025 Pragmatism not ideology should define Britain’s relationship with China KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
