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 13th Aug 2024 US media's Venezuela coverage: a masterclass in propaganda and imperial apologia ROGER D HARRIS and PETER BOLTON dissect how mainstream outlets normalise US interference, downplay sanctions' impact, and distort the reality of Venezuelan politics and popular will
Tuesday 13th Aug 2024 Voices of Scotland Organising hope: trade unions’ vital role in combating racism JOHN CARSON looks at how trade unions can move beyond the empty flags and slogans of the employers to create real change in workplaces and communities, with reps tackling the root causes of racism and xenophobia
Tuesday 13th Aug 2024 Opinion Comrades in Hanoi: US communists learn about Vietnam’s democracy From annual feedback sessions to anti-corruption campaigns and mass organisations, AMIAD HOROWITZ learns how Vietnam’s system ensures the people’s voices are heard in a way that contrasts deeply with the West
Tuesday 13th Aug 2024 Art and politics intertwine at the Eisteddfod MEIC BIRTWISTLE wanders through an exhibition that captures the soul of the Valleys, past and present, as Archdruids rub shoulders with Cuban ambassadors in Pontypridd
Tuesday 13th Aug 2024 We cannot allow the far right to reframe what misogyny is With fascists and their supporters cynically and falsely posing as ‘defenders of women,’ the left must take violence against women seriously and gain a better understanding of women’s oppression, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
Monday 12th Aug 2024 ‘We don’t see Gaza’ – former IDF sniper exposes the dehumanisation enabling the war on Gaza LINDA PENTZ GUNTER meets Breaking the Silence’s Nadav Weiman, who explains how the erasure of Palestinians from maps and rhetoric has enabled brutal occupation and murderous war
Monday 12th Aug 2024 Full Marx What is degrowth and what are the arguments for it? Most currently popular arguments for degrowth describe a real problem without recognising its true cause – capitalism’s insatiable need to accumulate, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Saturday 10th Aug 2024 The IER’s mission today is holding Labour to account on workers’ rights Newly appointed director JAMES HARRISON sets out his vision for the Institute of Employment Rights, balancing healthy scepticism of Labour’s promises with proactive efforts to improve and expand workers’ rights
Saturday 10th Aug 2024 Bangladesh at a crossroads: the aftermath of a people's revolution As an interim government takes shape, MOSHFIQUR NOOR examines the challenges ahead and the delicate balance between rapid reform and political stability, in the first of a three-part series
Saturday 10th Aug 2024 US and UK boycott Nagasaki commemoration over Israel snub The hypocrisy of the those who dropped the bombs defending another genocide was not lost on protesters, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
