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
Friday 13th Sep 2024 Public pharma v abusive prices: the case of the latest HIV-prevention drug ALAN ROSSI SILVA argues that Gilead’s HIV prevention drug, while promising, highlights systemic failures in the pharmaceutical industry, showing the need to shift towards state-owned drug development and production
Friday 13th Sep 2024 Why Netanyahu erased Palestine from the map RAMZY BAROUD dissects the Israeli PM’s cartographic deceit, exposing how the erasure of Palestinian territories reflects a broader strategy of denial, displacement and eventually the extermination of an entire people
Friday 13th Sep 2024 Neoliberal missionaries of the Mont Pelerin Society in India The notorious ‘free’ market think tank happily allies with Narendra Modi’s authoritarianism to push a perverse economic ideology that has only ever deepened inequality and poverty worldwide, reports BHABANI SHANKAR NAYAK
Friday 13th Sep 2024 Labour’s rail plan leaves private profiteers still riding the gravy train SOLOMON HUGHES explains how rolling stock companies like Angel Trains will continue milking taxpayers for billions even after renationalisation, as Canadian pension funds and Texan oil billionaires cash in on our daily commutes
Thursday 12th Sep 2024 Nicaragua and Palestine: an enduring, mutual solidarity The Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group's HELEN YUILL tells the story of solidarity between two small nations, that despite geographical distances, that have united in their struggle against imperialism and colonialism
Thursday 12th Sep 2024 Margaret MacDonald’s forgotten socialist legacy MAT COWARD resurrects the radical spirit of early Labour’s overlooked matriarch, whose tireless activism and financial support laid the foundations for the party’s early success
Thursday 12th Sep 2024 The crisis of neoliberal consensus should be ours As angry voters reject austerity, social insecurity and endless war across Europe, the left should be the beneficiary instead of the far right. NICK WRIGHT looks at the ideological hangups holding us back from connecting to these dissenters
Wednesday 11th Sep 2024 TUC Congress 2024 Why is there money for ‘defence’ but austerity for the people? JO GRADY explains why we must call for investment to be redirected away from militarism and foreign wars towards the public good
Wednesday 11th Sep 2024 Why we are marching for clean water The government’s new water Bill, while welcome, does not address the root cause Britain’s filthy waterways – what’s needed is proper enforcement of existing law, argues CHARLES WATSON
Wednesday 11th Sep 2024 Britain’s authoritarian spiral threatens press freedom As Western liberal democracies crack down on journalists and activists, CLAUDIA WEBBE urges resistance against the Labour government’s part in this slide towards Saudi-style repression
