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
Saturday 03rd Aug 2024 Public sector pay rise leaves outsourced workers behind As some celebrate a pay rise, outsourced, privatised workers face continued exploitation — ending this injustice by bringing them in-house must become a top priority for the labour movement, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
Saturday 03rd Aug 2024 Hiroshima and Nagasaki must never be forgotten Ahead of Hiroshima Day next week, FRANCES and CHRIS TAGGART recall the 1,000 cranes children's tradition of commemorating the horrors of the surprise nuclear attack on August 6 1945
Friday 02nd Aug 2024 Betrayal after betrayal, I have given up on Labour Leaving after 50 years in the Labour Party, national secretary of Women Against Pit Closures HEATHER WOOD says Reeves’ and Starmer’s winter fuel allowance cuts are a red line crossed — and calls for widespread union resistance
Friday 02nd Aug 2024 A new window on the world? KENNY COYLE takes a look at David Lammy’s emerging foreign policy, dubbed ‘progressive realism,’ which supposedly draws inspiration from Ernest Bevin and Robin Cook
Friday 02nd Aug 2024 The Venezuelan people stay with the Bolivarian revolution About half of Venezuela’s voting population is reliably wedded to the Bolivarian project. No other political project in Venezuela has the kind of election machine built by the forces of the Bolivarian revolution, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
Friday 02nd Aug 2024 Labour's moderate promises on social housing: the bad news As Angela Rayner pushes for a small but not totally insignificant number of council houses, SOLOMON HUGHES reveals how the Starmer-backed pro-developer Growth Group of MPs is likely planning to undermine this anyway
Thursday 01st Aug 2024 Tory leadership contest: clash of the titans? As the Conservative Party struggles to find its next leader, STEPHEN ARNELL offers a sardonic tour through the rogues’ gallery of contenders and their less-than-inspiring qualifications
Thursday 01st Aug 2024 Join us to remember the Volunteers for Liberty An annual commemoration of those from north-east England who fought fascism in Spain is going from strength to strength. TONY FOX previews some of what will be on offer at the event
Thursday 01st Aug 2024 Britain’s political landscape is being redrawn by an insurgent right In the first of two pieces, NICK WRIGHT examines the rise of Reform UK and its parallels with France’s National Rally, warning of the dangers that lie ahead for a left without convincing answers to rising anti-immigration sentiment
Wednesday 31st Jul 2024 A wounded Netanyahu takes us to the brink As Israel targets Hamas and Hezbollah leaders beyond Gaza in a campaign of deliberate provocation, CHRIS NINEHAM calls for a global protest movement against Israel's Western sponsors to prevent a wider war
