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 24th Sep 2024 Labour needs to offer more if it’s to secure its future north of the border With a lack of radical thinking from the Starmer-led UK government, support for Scottish independence is unlikely to evaporate any time soon – spelling trouble ahead for Anas Sarwar, argues PAULINE BRYAN
Monday 23rd Sep 2024 From Gaza to Ukraine, military escalation is unthinkable The task of the anti-war movement is to prevent Labour taking us deeper into the abyss of war – and it’s a task that’s more urgent than ever, says LINDSEY GERMAN of Stop the War
Monday 23rd Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 Labour must change the migration narrative to humanity, not hostility CEO of Care4Calais STEVE SMITH argues party members should demand their government abandon failed deterrence strategies and embrace safe routes for asylum-seekers, prioritising compassion over pandering to the right
Monday 23rd Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 Labour must not be allowed to deliver Austerity Mark II ‘The fiscal rules are a noose around our neck,’ Unite's SHARON GRAHAM tells the Morning Star – it's time to tax the rich
Wednesday 25th Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 We still need justice for Cammell Laird 37 MICK WHITLEY recounts the 1984 shipyard occupation that led to Britain’s largest jailing of trade unionists and urges Labour to address this historic injustice 40 years on
Monday 23rd Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 Labour’s dangerous continuity with Tory militarism The Prime Minister’s reckless stance on long-range missiles and uncritical support for Israel threaten to escalate conflicts, warns Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament general secretary KATE HUDSON
Monday 23rd Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 A break with austerity is needed to tackle the toxic Tory legacy RICHARD BURGON MP, who voted against the cut to winter fuel allowance, warns against a return to austerity, introducing his ideas that could raise billions to properly fund public services and boost wages instead
Monday 23rd Sep 2024 The Darzi report is a fig leaf for Labour Keep Our NHS Public campaigner GREG DROPKIN dissects how Lord Darzi’s recommendations align with Starmer’s plans for NHS ‘reform,’ warning of creeping privatisation under the guise of modernisation
Saturday 21st Sep 2024 The uprising in Bangladesh: the prognosis for the future NISAR AHMED analyses the likely course of events under the interim regime of Muhammad Yunus, with progressive forces attempting to ensure genuine national sovereignty, but where internal or external military intervention remain distinct possibilities
Sunday 22nd Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 Viva Palestina – Latin America’s left stands with Palestine The region’s left speaks up for Palestine, while the US empire’s stooges in Latin America do as their master says, writes MATT WILLGRESS
