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 08th Oct 2024 Voices of Scotland Britain’s complicity in Israel’s wars The British government actively supports Israel’s escalating violence across the Middle East through arms sales, military assistance, and diplomatic cover, writes COLL McCAIL
Tuesday 08th Oct 2024 As the election approaches, can the US left endorse Kamala Harris? Donald Trump calls her ‘comrade Kamala’ and portrays her as a left-wing radical — but as a presidential candidate, Kamala Harris is endorsing more centrist positions than she did as a progressive senator, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Tuesday 08th Oct 2024 A year of genocide: Palestinians emerge stronger despite unimaginable pain Israel's brutal war on Gaza has exposed it to potential legal accountability and failed to silence Palestinian resistance. Instead, the conflict has recentred the Palestinian cause globally, and revealed the limits of Israeli military power, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Tuesday 08th Oct 2024 Opinion There’s nothing progressive about opposing self-ID As the Establishment stokes a culture war against gender recognition — not in favour of it — the left must unite in support of the trans community, says TOM KING
Monday 07th Oct 2024 Gaza: the international community must assume its responsibilities One year on from October 7 2023, the general secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, ANTHONY BELLANGER, deplores the paralysis of the UN and denounces the international community’s lack of action
Monday 07th Oct 2024 Reviving the cultural heart of our communist movement Successful communist projects have culture at their core, as it is fundamental to embedding revolutionary ideas among the people and preventing revisionist decay, writes JOHN PATEMAN, ahead of this month’s major conference in Barnsley
Monday 07th Oct 2024 Financing climate doomsday: more than a risky business Insurers and regulators now openly ignore the ecological crisis as they continue to support contributors to climate breakdown, and British law is on their side — that’s why XR will be targeting them again, writes TOM HARDY
Saturday 05th Oct 2024 Aw That Workers’ stories are lost as elite palaces stand proud The closure of Edinburgh’s working-class People’s Story Museum contrasts sharply with lavish funding for aristocratic heritage sites. No-one will fight for our history — or our future — but us, writes MATT KERR
Saturday 05th Oct 2024 From Tuvalu to Britain, these floods are a warning we must heed MAIA CLARK details the science behind intensifying floods, explaining how global warming alters jet streams and intensifies rainfall, and warns of more extreme events to come — unless we seriously pursue net zero
Saturday 05th Oct 2024 Where are the voices for peace? The lack of diplomatic efforts to end wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and Congo shame the international community — as the death tolls mount, we need an urgent shift towards peace-building and justice, writes JEREMY CORBYN MP
