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
Thursday 03rd Oct 2024 Longshoremen’s historic strike challenges corporate greed on US coasts The ILA’s fight against wage stagnation and job-killing automation is gaining momentum and union solidarity as the Biden administration wisely resists pressure from the bosses to force strikers back to work, writes MARK GRUENBERG
Thursday 03rd Oct 2024 From Memphis to Mandela: Bill Lucy’s lifelong fight for dignity and justice ROGER McKENZIE pays heartfelt tribute to the legendary trade unionist who championed black workers while forging powerful alliances across colour lines, reshaping the US labour movement
Wednesday 02nd Oct 2024 Israel’s relentless aggression has pushed the Middle East to the brink of all-out war CHRIS NINEHAM slams the deepening and dangerous Western hypocrisy in backing Israeli attacks while condemning any kind of resistance or retaliation, warning of a potential global conflict if we don’t take action immediately
Wednesday 02nd Oct 2024 Major John Cartwright, the gentleman radical who paved the way for working-class democracy MAT COWARD traces how ill health and voracious reading transformed a military man into the Father of Reform, championing American independence, universal suffrage and secret ballots against Establishment resistance
Wednesday 02nd Oct 2024 Eyes Left From freebie frocks to foreign policy, conference only exposed the cracks in Starmer’s project The lack of serious debate on electoral weakness and key policy issues only made the disconnect between the leadership’s austerity agenda and the concerns of the party’s rank-and-file more blatant, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Tuesday 01st Oct 2024 From China on the 75th anniversary: the red flag and the Mandate of Heaven As a European student living through the current celebrations, PASCALE GILLET confronts Western media myths from a bustling, harmonious capital where ancient traditions and cutting-edge progress intertwine seamlessly
Tuesday 01st Oct 2024 People’s China at 75 KEITH BENNETT surveys the People’s Republic’s first 75 years arguing that the vast changes rest on an essential continuity
Tuesday 01st Oct 2024 CPB meets to discuss austerity, Palestine and China CPB communications director JOHNNIE HUNTER called for a focus on recruitment and increased activity for his party and a celebration of China’s achievements to combat rising anti-communism over the weekend
Tuesday 01st Oct 2024 Corbyn’s Mexico invite highlights Labour’s anti-semitism farce LINDA PENTZ GUNTER argues the former Labour leader’s invitation to the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum, the nation's first Jewish president, contrasted with Starmer’s absence, exposes the hollow nature of the infamous smears
Tuesday 01st Oct 2024 From the slave revolt to Springfield: why the US can’t forgive Haiti WT WHITNEY JR connects the dots between the 1804 revolution and modern anti-immigrant, pet-eating hysteria, looking at the deep-seated fears of black self-determination that still haunt the modern US psyche
