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 22nd Aug 2024 Should I consider myself English? Despite being a proud Black Country boy, ROGER McKENZIE has mixed feelings about Englishness and its all too common petty nationalism, following a lifetime of being considered inferior because of the colour of his skin
Thursday 22nd Aug 2024 The fight to save trade union learning needs the support of the entire movement by the Campaign to Save the Glasgow Trade Union Education Centre
Wednesday 21st Aug 2024 Truth is the first casualty of politics The more Starmer’s government demonstrates its inability to offer real change, the more its chances of securing a second term diminish, warns MICK WHITLEY
Wednesday 21st Aug 2024 Eyes Left The silence of Starmer The PM’s lack of any meaningful comment on the wave of far-right violence to sweep Britain is remarkable – and is linked to his reluctance to show solidarity with targeted Muslim communities, says ANDREW MURRAY
Wednesday 21st Aug 2024 When female workers enforced Britain's first minimum wage MAT COWARD recalls a time when imaginative employment of newsreels helped secure a memorable victory for an industrial action by the chainmakers
Monday 19th Aug 2024 A little in Welsh – promoting the language in our valley communities GUTO DAVIES asks how Welsh language-speaking can be promoted in areas where English tends to prevail and Welsh speakers are lacking in confidence
Monday 19th Aug 2024 On Israel’s other war The war in Gaza is being used as the perfect smokescreen to finalise old colonial plans in the West Bank, argues RAMZY BAROUD
Monday 19th Aug 2024 Three decades of injustice and exploitation Stripped of their industrial muscle and left at the mercy of ministers and management, prison officers have been pushed way beyond breaking point, warns STEVE GILLAN
Monday 19th Aug 2024 VOICES OF SCOTLAND Scottish Labour now has 37 MPs – but it can’t get complacent The party north of the border needs to have a serious think about how it retains its newly elected MPs in the future. How those MPs are able to assert Scottish policy in the UK Parliament will be key, argues PAULINE BRYAN
Monday 19th Aug 2024 August’s riots echo the dark history of reactionary ‘Church and King’ mobs Socialist historian KEITH FLETT traces the parallel evolution of violent loyalist rampages and the workers' movement's peaceful democratic crowds, highlighting the stark contrast between recent far-right thuggery and mass Gaza protests
