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 19th Oct 2024 US ramps up military exercises near China amid rising tensions ABDUL RAHMAN reports on the Kamandang joint military drill involving the US, Philippines and allies, fuelling concerns from China and North Korea over increasing US intervention in the Asia-Pacific region
Saturday 19th Oct 2024 A reminder that our movement can and does win BEN CHACKO sees an exhibition that charts the memorable struggle to have union rights restored to workers at the intelligence hub GCHQ in Cheltenham
Saturday 19th Oct 2024 Time for Britain to break from US-led militarism It is well past time for Britain to end its subordinate relationship with US foreign policy — continued involvement in regional conflicts is making Britain a global pariah, as well as poorer and less safe, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Saturday 19th Oct 2024 Nato: a clear and present danger to world peace Ian Sinclair interviews MEDEA BENJAMIN and DAVID SWANSON about their new book on Nato, explaining how the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia established a template for military interventions, undermining international law and diplomacy
Friday 18th Oct 2024 Britain’s teachers stand with Palestine The NEU is pushing for a comprehensive end to arms sales to Israel and support for BDS campaigns as part of broader trade union efforts to pressure the government, writes LOUISE REGAN
Friday 18th Oct 2024 Greta Thunberg became a ‘danger’ when she began to speak up for Palestine Thunberg has gone from an left-liberal establishment icon to a danger flagged by the state — all due to pro-Palestine activism, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
Friday 18th Oct 2024 Carbon capture is big oil’s ‘green’ baby Why is Labour so excited about unproven and untested schemes to burn fossil fuels while radically reducing CO₂ emissions? Just follow BP, Drax and Hynet’s money, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Friday 18th Oct 2024 Canada’s anti-communist memorial honours hundreds of Nazis CJ ATKINS exposes how over half the names on Ottawa’s disgraceful so-called Memorial to the Victims of Communism are Nazis, collaborators or linked fascist groups, the latest in a series of Nazi scandals for Trudeau
Friday 18th Oct 2024 The housing crisis that threatens to finally destroy the Irish language A government disinterested in making serious economic and social interventions for native speakers of the Irish language, coupled with a neoliberal housing policy, is killing off Ireland’s last Gaelic strongholds, writes MORGAN DE MOINBHIOL
Friday 18th Oct 2024 Why trade unionists should march on October 26 We need the biggest possible mobilisation next weekend against Tommy Robinson and the forces of the far right, who are looking to exploit social misery to spread division and hatred against minorities, write MARK SERWOTKA and KEVIN COURTNEY
