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 24th Dec 2024 Be peacemakers today MARC MORGAN explains why a new joint declaration against nuclear weapons is a landmark for Christians and non-Christians alike, bringing together the voices of peace groups on both sides of the Channel
Tuesday 24th Dec 2024 Confronting the terrifying prospect of nuclear war Speaking to Ben Chacko, CND’s new leader SOPHIE BOLT outlines her organisation’s ambitious plans, from peace camps to base blockades to mass mobilisation, to fight the rising nuclear madness our politicians ignore
Tuesday 24th Dec 2024 They cannot silence our songs of peace for Palestine We will continue to gather, to protest, to bear witness and, yes, to sing carols against Israel’s genocide, whatever the police do to stop us, writes Palestine Solidarity Campaign director BEN JAMAL
Tuesday 24th Dec 2024 Peace on Earth rings hollow this year If we want to take on war in 2025, we must take on our own governments in the West, and most of all, take on Nato, writes the convener of the British Peace Assembly, LIZ PAYNE
Tuesday 24th Dec 2024 All this war illuminates an imperialism whose power is fading From Yemen’s resistance to the rise of China and Brics, the imperial powers face an unprecedented challenge as their proxy wars fail to halt the march toward a multipolar future, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Tuesday 24th Dec 2024 Peace: the people’s priority in Iran After the Gaza genocide and unleashing chaos in Syria, the US and Israel prepare to target Tehran next, leaving the Iranian people caught between foreign intervention and continued theocratic oppression, writes GAWAIN LITTLE
Tuesday 24th Dec 2024 The peace movement v the Starmer war machine From Storm Shadow missiles hitting Russia to support for the endless Gaza slaughter, the new Labour government has continued the years of Tory warmongering. The peace movement faces a crucial year ahead, writes LINDSEY GERMAN
Tuesday 24th Dec 2024 We are united by hope From Islington's streets to Parliament's chambers, our movement grows stronger as diverse communities unite against war and inequality, writes JEREMY CORBYN MP
Monday 23rd Dec 2024 A Christmas of love and resilience National Women Against Pit Closures secretary LYNN GIBSON was nine years old when striking miners and their families celebrated Christmas in 1984. She will never forget it
Monday 23rd Dec 2024 1984: how the miners saved Christmas from Thatcher With solidarity coming in from across Britain and the world, PETER LAZENBY speaks to the people who made Christmas 1984 a celebration of working-class resistance in Britain’s striking coalmining communities
