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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Why right to buy wrought so much damage
The current housing crisis is a direct result of the government’s ‘aspiration’ con, which many working-class people sadly but understandably fell for, says
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
The Welsh government has declared its intention that, should Labour win the Assembly elections in 2016, it will seek to abolish the Thatcherite right to buy policy.
This scheme grants council tenants the ability to purchase their home at a substantial discount, reducing the already inadequate social housing stock even further.
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