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
Saturday 26th Oct 2024 Make no concessions to racism and the far right Our message on today’s demonstration is that we can stop the fascists – but to do so it’s essential that we mobilise, says WEYMAN BENNETT of Stand Up to Racism
Saturday 26th Oct 2024 Anti-racism begins in the classroom Every student needs an anti-racist education and teachers need appropriate training and encouragement to help bring about an end to racial exclusion and fear, writes DANIEL KEBEDE of the National Education Union
Friday 25th Oct 2024 The NHS - A manifesto for renewal FAWZI IBRAHIM argues that the NHS needs reforms to bring it back to its original tenets and outlines five fundamental changes that are critical to achieving this
Friday 25th Oct 2024 A golden opportunity to lift thousands of kids out of poverty The Labour government must rescind the two-child benefit cap or risk irreparable damage to its legacy, writes TOMMY KANE
Friday 25th Oct 2024 Labour mired in the lobbyists’ world By hiring a former TikTok PR man as its new head of comms, Labour shows that corporate wheeling and dealing rather than principled politics will be the party’s priority, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Friday 25th Oct 2024 Congo Week draws attention to the Congolese struggle in the face of conflict The people of one of the world’s wealthiest countries in terms of natural resources have been condemned to violence and poverty by US-backed foreign interventions to secure mineral wealth for corporations, says PAVAN KULKARNI
Thursday 24th Oct 2024 The issues raised by the 2019 popular revolt in Chile remain unresolved On the fifth anniversary of the rebellion and the eve of local elections, HUGO GUZMAN looks at how the demands made by the people have not been properly addressed
Thursday 24th Oct 2024 Without a two-state solution there will only be permanent war A tendency that effectively denies Israel’s right to exist is a mirror image of the Israeli government position which denies the possibility of a Palestinian state, argues NICK WRIGHT
Thursday 24th Oct 2024 Jewish Voice for Labour ponders a name change Many are no longer in the party, others excoriate the new Labour government’s capitalist and discriminatory policies, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Wednesday 23rd Oct 2024 US ratchets up anti-China hostility with legislative barrage A staggering 25 pieces of new legislation revive Trump-era racial profiling of Chinese-Americans and risk damaging crucial research partnerships while laying the ground for conflict, report DUNCAN MCFARLAND and KRISTA CHAN
