A window into the life of Hans Hess PAUL MACGEE highlights a new series of books that brings together a treasure trove of writings by a Jewish Marxist art historian who offers readers a refreshingly grounded theory of art
Thursday 31st Oct 2024 Inside the Scottish Greens’ civil war over austerity COLL MCCAIL reveals how party members rebelled against the current leadership’s attempts to block democratic debate on opposing SNP budget cuts at their Greenock conference
Thursday 31st Oct 2024 Brics – the genie is well and truly out of the bottle With the recent meeting in Kazan providing a glimpse of freedom for the global South, we must develop local, regional and international networks that can apply meaningful pressure on those who could steer this new grouping awry, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Thursday 31st Oct 2024 The Climate and Nature Bill: a new dawn? Will Labour live up to its campaign promises and support this vital Bill as it passes into the next stage of its passage through Parliament, asks TOM HARDY
Wednesday 30th Oct 2024 Don’t be fooled: austerity is here to stay under Labour Everything we’ve seen so far from Starmer and Reeves indicates that they remain committed to the economic orthodoxy of cuts imposed by the Tories – which is why we need to revitalise the anti-austerity movement, says BEN SELLERS of the People’s Assembly
Wednesday 30th Oct 2024 Get on your trampoline … again In the run-up to the Budget there’s been much talk of ‘modern supply-side economics’ – but this latest ruse is merely another means to facilitate the rapacity of contemporary capitalism, warns VINCE MILLS
Wednesday 30th Oct 2024 Eyes Left What should the British left make of the US presidential election? Getting bogged down in the Trump v Harris divide is a distraction from the tasks of ending US hegemony and Britain’s subservience to Washington’s demands, argues ANDREW MURRAY
Tuesday 29th Oct 2024 The Zinoviev letter and the fall of the first Labour government 100 years on The infamous forged missive exposed how the Establishment worked to discredit Labour despite its loudly declared anti-communist stance, writes MARY DAVIS, analysing the 1924 government’s destruction
Thursday 31st Oct 2024 Is the Brics summit the beginning of a new world order? Thirty-six countries, representing over half of the global population, gathered in Russia to discuss a new financial and economic infrastructure for the world. The potential impact could be immense in the long run, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
Monday 28th Oct 2024 Ghostwatch - when the BBC gave viewers a mass supernatural freakout STEPHEN ARNELL remembers 32 years ago when a spooky hoax by Auntie Beeb went a step too far
Monday 28th Oct 2024 Time to end water companies’ pollution-for-profit model Chair and founder of River Action CHARLES WATSON argues that the government’s new water industry commission risks prioritising economic concerns over addressing Britain’s devastating pollution crisis
