A window into the life of Hans Hess PAUL MACGEE highlights a new series of books that brings together a treasure trove of writings by a Jewish Marxist art historian who offers readers a refreshingly grounded theory of art
Tuesday 05th Nov 2024 The call for slavery reparations cannot be ignored The Labour leadership’s refusal to even consider the widely accepted case for Britain to pay reparations for its part in the transatlantic slave trade is a sign of its imperialist worldview, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Monday 04th Nov 2024 Beth Winter: why I am resigning from Labour In a heartfelt resignation statement, the former Cynon Valley MP explains why, as a socialist, she cannot remain part of the Labour Party
Tuesday 05th Nov 2024 The Budget: harsh class reality lurks behind ‘working people’ rhetoric In the first of two articles, ROBERT GRIFFITHS argues that despite a parliamentary majority, Labour’s timid Budget fails to seize a historic opportunity and lacks the ambition needed to address Britain’s deep social and economic crises
Monday 04th Nov 2024 Forest Charter When Henry III had to bow to public opinion It's hard to think of any single piece of legislation enacted on this island since November 1217 that was more radical in spirit or in practice than the Forest Charter, writes MAT COWARD
Wednesday 06th Nov 2024 US election The staple paranoias of US politics DENNIS BROE takes issue with the US political Establishment's paranoid inability to look critically at itself and its deeds worldwide and the proclivity for shameless blame games
Tuesday 05th Nov 2024 Fear, loathing and vodka shots US Democrats are bracing for election night and the real possibility of a second Trump presidency, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Sunday 03rd Nov 2024 The logic of Lenin v the logic of Trump SAM BROWSE examines how Lenin’s analysis remains relevant for confronting modern challenges of inequality, climate change and rising fascism ahead of an important discussion with the acclaimed historian and activist Paul le Blanc
Saturday 02nd Nov 2024 Wales left in the shadows by Labour’s Budget The first Budget of the Labour government falls far short of addressing Wales’s needs, maintaining austerity-era policies while providing inadequate funding for critical services and infrastructure, writes LUKE FLETCHER MS
Saturday 02nd Nov 2024 Cuba and the US presidential elections Canadian author and journalist KEITH BOLENDER is due to speak on the outcome of the US elections at meetings in November. Here, he anticipates what a new face in the Oval Office might mean for Cuba
Saturday 02nd Nov 2024 Two decades of fighting for peace In a farewell interview with Ben Chacko, outgoing CND general secretary KATE HUDSON reflects on 21 years of leading Britain’s peace movement, tracing the evolution of global threats and peace activism from the cold war to today
