Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
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Labour is too timid on housing policy
In the second part of his features mini-series GLYN ROBBINS explains why Miliband's party needs to embrace council housing as a central policy pledge
As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
Since losing the last election, Labour has apologised for all sorts of things - Iraq, the economy and immigration. But not for its housing policy.
While in power, the party made a pact with neoliberalism that led to economic catastrophe and the worst housing crisis since the war.
Now, as it attempts to rebuild its credibility, there's an opportunity to reconnect with a disillusioned electorate on an issue that affects every aspect of our lives, while cutting across the divisive and reactionary politics of the Con-Dems and Ukip.
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