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 27th Aug 2024 Where Britain’s wasps have gone and why they need your help This much-maligned insect’s numbers are dramatically down this summer. SEIRIAN SUMNER explains what’s happened to them, and why ecologists are calling for assistance from the public
Tuesday 27th Aug 2024 A huge victory for Edinburgh residents After sustained campaigning by Living Rent, Edinburgh council is to introduce a visitor levy, with some of the money raised going towards council housing in the capital – a welcome step in a city under great pressure from an ever-expanding tourist industry, says KATHARINA BANDMANN
Tuesday 27th Aug 2024 Kamala Harris: The speech that killed any hope she would end the genocide Last week’s Democratic National Convention showed Harris is offering more of the same war agenda as Biden, writes JOE GILL
Tuesday 27th Aug 2024 Christianity and socialism have more in common than you might think TOMASZ PIERSCIONEK explores the overlaps between the ideas of Christ and Karl Marx in seeking a better world for the poor and downtrodden
Monday 26th Aug 2024 Far-right riots and the state’s response both pose a threat to our civil liberties The shortsighted moves of out-of-touch politicians put in jeopardy the great traditions of dissent that have long been a hallmark of this country, argue DAVID MORGAN and ESTELLA SCHMID
Monday 26th Aug 2024 Naive, deluded or the next messiah? Robert Kennedy Jnr, in endorsing Donald Trump for president, claims things will be different under his influence and that Trump will ‘honour his word.’ That would be a historic but totally unlikely first, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Monday 26th Aug 2024 Full Marx What should we do about ‘degrowth’? The ‘degrowth’ debate raises critical issues to which only a Marxist approach can provide answers, argues the Marx Memorial Library
Saturday 24th Aug 2024 Racism is the cause of the far-right riots, not deprivation DIANE ABBOTT takes issue with the way politicians and the media are portraying the recent wave of violence which lets racists off the hook
Saturday 24th Aug 2024 From climate shocks to climate action Social scientist DANA R FISHER speaks to Ian Sinclair about the efficacy of disruptive actions carried out by groups such as Just Stop Oil, the conditions that might generate a truly mass climate mobilisation, and what a win for Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election would mean
Saturday 24th Aug 2024 ‘Netanyahu made me do it’ It’s myopic to suggest that fascist ideology has been ‘imported’ into Britain and could not possibly be home-grown, argues JULIA BARD
