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 27th Mar 2025 The Earth tilts, Europe trembles The annual Fenner Brockway Lecture, hosted by Liberation, was delivered this year by Peter Mertens, Chair of the Workers’ Party of Belgium. STEVE BISHOP reflects on some of the highlights of Mertens’ address
Thursday 27th Mar 2025 Capitalism, not immigrants, drives immigration anarchy Xenophobic hysteria over the statistically insignificant number of small-boat crossings deliberately conceals how capitalism manipulates population flows for profit — if we can explain that, we’ll beat the right, argues NICK WRIGHT
Wednesday 26th Mar 2025 Reeves's efficiencies are code for cuts – and services have suffered enough already Public and Commercial Services union leader FRAN HEATHCOTE warns the Chancellor not to take an axe to the Civil Service – and points to measures that would genuinely improve the public sector
Wednesday 26th Mar 2025 Realising potential - the story of the stem cell A small Japanese trial has reported some positive results for stem cell therapy to treat spinal-cord injuries
Wednesday 26th Mar 2025 The UN blasts Labour for its failures to address income inequality and poverty DR DYLAN MURPHY asks why Labour is continuing the Tory war on the disabled, when viable alternatives have been spelt out in detail
Tuesday 25th Mar 2025 Palantir CEO Alex Karp thrives on chaos and endless wars That should be warning enough to end the company’s contract with the NHS, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Tuesday 25th Mar 2025 A window into the campaign for justice for Blair Peach The murder of an anti-racist protester in 1979 by a special unit of the Met Police was followed by a gruelling battle to win answers about what happened on that tragic day. Now material related to that campaign is available to the public and researchers for the first time at the Bishopsgate Institute. INDIANNA PURCELL reports
Tuesday 25th Mar 2025 Voices of Scotland We choose to stay and we choose to fight While VINCE MILLS laments the resignation of Neil Findlay from Scottish Labour, he explains why he won’t be joining him outside the party in the ongoing struggle for a socialist future
Tuesday 25th Mar 2025 Disabled people should not pay for Trump’s war drive In advance of the Socialism or Barbarism day school on March 29, Arise Festival’s SAM BROWSE writes on why we must oppose the cuts to welfare and the drive to war
Monday 24th Mar 2025 Disabled by cuts Any positives from the government’s green paper proposals are vastly overshadowed by the scale of the cuts to vulnerable low-income households, argues JENNY RATHBONE MS
