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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

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Easter eggs trump child poverty in Scotland

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May Day 2025: #RedForWorkers is back

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Nationalisation has been vindicated by reality

Wednesday 20th Nov 2024

Cop summits: three decades of failing the climate

TOM HARDY traces how these climate conferences have been captured by fossil fuel interests while CO₂ levels have continued to rise since 1995 — but XR’s citizen assemblies and direct action have offered an alternative

Wednesday 20th Nov 2024

Science and Society How lithium became a new global flashpoint

Lithium is crucial for batteries — but because deposits form only under rare geological conditions, its extraction is a geopolitical flashpoint between the imperial West and the rest of the world, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT

Thursday 21st Nov 2024

The Internet Archive: our online commons are under attack

What was being celebrated as a modern-day Library of Alexandria giving free access to billions of resources, along with the brilliant Wayback machine, is now under attack by corporate publishers, reports JOHN HAWKINS

Tuesday 19th Nov 2024

League tables are a weapon for NHS privatisation

The Stafford Hospital scandal’s false mortality statistics led to devastating service cuts despite evidence disproving the whole debacle, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning of similar threats under Labour’s new plans for league tables

Tuesday 19th Nov 2024

Voices of Scotland Scottish Greens' compromise keeps zombie care Bill alive

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Tuesday 19th Nov 2024

The 1660 Restoration and the lessons of defeat

KEITH FLETT considers how the return of the monarchy after Cromwell offers lessons for a left facing the return of Donald Trump, showing that radical traditions endure despite reactionary victories

Monday 18th Nov 2024

Women for sale – but at what cost?

From prostitution to surrogacy, access to women’s bodies can be bought for a fee. LYNNE WALSH reports from a conference exploring the mounting crisis in which women are increasingly seen as products to be consumed

Monday 18th Nov 2024

John Boyd, 1934-2024

Tony Donaghey remembers a lifelong campaigner who fought tirelessly against the EU and for the right of nations to self-determination, with a fundamental belief in what ordinary working people could achieve by themselves

Monday 18th Nov 2024

Beyond scepticism: understanding the role of Brics+ in global progress

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Sunday 17th Nov 2024

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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

Easter eggs trump child poverty in Scotland

May Day 2025: #RedForWorkers is back

Nationalisation has been vindicated by reality

Cop summits: three decades of failing the climate

TOM HARDY traces how these climate conferences have been captured by fossil fuel interests while CO₂ levels have continued to rise since 1995 — but XR’s citizen assemblies and direct action have offered an alternative

Science and Society How lithium became a new global flashpoint

Lithium is crucial for batteries — but because deposits form only under rare geological conditions, its extraction is a geopolitical flashpoint between the imperial West and the rest of the world, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT

The Internet Archive: our online commons are under attack

What was being celebrated as a modern-day Library of Alexandria giving free access to billions of resources, along with the brilliant Wayback machine, is now under attack by corporate publishers, reports JOHN HAWKINS

League tables are a weapon for NHS privatisation

The Stafford Hospital scandal’s false mortality statistics led to devastating service cuts despite evidence disproving the whole debacle, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning of similar threats under Labour’s new plans for league tables

Voices of Scotland Scottish Greens' compromise keeps zombie care Bill alive

STEPHEN LOW details how the Scottish Greens’ retreat from full opposition to the Bill gives the SNP the opportunity to revive this toxic legislation and push through privatisation under the cover of popular reforms

The 1660 Restoration and the lessons of defeat

KEITH FLETT considers how the return of the monarchy after Cromwell offers lessons for a left facing the return of Donald Trump, showing that radical traditions endure despite reactionary victories

Women for sale – but at what cost?

From prostitution to surrogacy, access to women’s bodies can be bought for a fee. LYNNE WALSH reports from a conference exploring the mounting crisis in which women are increasingly seen as products to be consumed

John Boyd, 1934-2024

Tony Donaghey remembers a lifelong campaigner who fought tirelessly against the EU and for the right of nations to self-determination, with a fundamental belief in what ordinary working people could achieve by themselves

Beyond scepticism: understanding the role of Brics+ in global progress

JENNY CLEGG sets out and then responds to eight key doubts about the Brics+ alliance in light of the developments at Kazan, arguing it represents a significant challenge to US hegemony and provides a path towards a multipolar world

Robbing Peter to pay Paul

DIANE ABBOTT checks the arythmetic of the budget and the sums do not bear out the government message on the label

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