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
Wednesday 25th Sep 2024 Dr Natasha Hirst: why I'm standing to be the next leader of the NUJ AN ELECTION is under way for the new general secretary of the National Union of Journalists.
Wednesday 25th Sep 2024 Bernie Sanders: ‘US complicity in this horrific war must end’ Facing down the many ardent Israel supporters within his own party, the socialist senator will introduce a resolution to ban US arms sales to Israel, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Wednesday 25th Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 From the cladding crisis to the climate emergency, frontline voices must shape fire policy MATT WRACK outlines the FBU’s motion to the Labour Party conference, urging an overhaul of safety regulations, an end to privatisation, and preparation for the extreme weather events threatening public safety
Wednesday 25th Sep 2024 Science and Society Facing the gritty reality of sand Sand and gravel underpin almost all urban development — but the extraction of these vital materials is unsustainable and causes untold damage, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Wednesday 25th Sep 2024 Andy Kerr: a working-class champion with time for everyone CWU president KAREN ROSE and GRAHAM COLK speak to Ben Chacko about their memories of a giant of the union and wider movement who is laid to rest today
Tuesday 24th Sep 2024 Darzi report: Britain set to sacrifice more NHS services to create profit CLAUDIA WEBBE warns that Starmer’s government is poised to accelerate harmful ‘integrated care’ policies, ignoring the reality that it is the decades of cuts and closures that have devastated public healthcare
Tuesday 24th Sep 2024 Israeli anti-war protests grow Standing Together’s anti-war message is resonating within broader protests as public opinion shifts against Netanyahu’s Gaza policies and towards a negotiated solution, reports URI WELTMANN
Tuesday 24th Sep 2024 Muslim Vote campaign: ‘Our demands are in line with what ordinary people need’ After his organisation helped elect four independent MPs, ABUBAKR NANABAWA talks to Andrew Murray about how Muslim Vote, although sparked by the war on Gaza, has a working-class agenda that reaches far beyond Muslims
Tuesday 24th Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 Cuban internationalism is proof that another world is possible We publish here a speech delivered by BEN CHACKO to the Viva Cuba rally at Labour conference last night
Tuesday 24th Sep 2024 Labour on the slippery slope of assisted dying JOHN McINALLY warns that Labour’s hasty push for legislation ignores the international evidence of expanding eligibility criteria, potentially normalising the ‘social murder’ of working-class people under the guise of compassion
