Scottish Labour candidate suspended: the background lies in UNISON
By Yunus Bakhsh The suspension of Labour’s candidate for Gordon Brown’s old seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath is a bit of a rarity, in that it appearsRead More
Editorial: Labour government will hit the ground stumbling
As the Labour right wing consolidated its grip on the Party and Keir Starmer binned the ten pledges that got him elected, there were many on thatRead More
Cass Review: Transphobic fist in a velvet glove.
By Ray Goodspeed The last week has seen an orgy of spiteful glee from the conservative right and their allies in the right-wing media as they claimRead More
India: Modi and the rise of the billionaire Raj
By Michael Roberts A general election in India starts today. 970m Indians, more than 10% of the world’s population, will head to the polls in what willRead More
Engels on the trade unions, nearly 150 years ago
Letter from Steve McKenzie, Unite Community member In a letter to August Bebel in 1875, Karl Marx’s close friend and collaborator, Fredrick Engels, was highly critical ofRead More
Open letter from NHS staff to Health Secretary and NHS England CEO
Dear Victoria Atkins and Amanda Pritchard, We are writing as NHS staff members to express our dismay and disbelief at your decision to cut back mental healthRead More
The Left and the Labour Party: Lessons from the 1920s – Part Two
Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour Member) completes his article on the relationship between the Communist Party and the Labour Party in the 1920s. Part two deals withRead More
The tepid twenties
By Michael Roberts The semi-annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank starts this week. The agencies and their invited guests will discuss the state of theRead More
Iranian attack on Israel: higher risk of regional war?
By John Pickard The Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend has changed nothing fundamental in the political and military balance in the MiddleRead More
China’s unfair ‘overcapacity’
By Michael Roberts The recent nonsense issued by the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on China’s ‘overcapacity’ and ‘unfair subsidies’ to its industries is particularly pathetic. AsRead More
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