Latest editorial
[Fin Deane]
ACTIVISTS marked the anniversary of the historic Kinder Scout Mass Trespass of 1932 this weekend by climbing the Derbyshire peak in a defiance of private landownership.
The walkers gathered at Hayfield in sight of the landmark hill for a weekend of celebration, education, and of course a repeat of the action, originally led by Benny Rothman, in which around 400 ramblers exercising their right to roam were confronted by cudgel-wielding gamekeepers, resulting in a brawl.
The weekend’s anniversary event united Young Communist League and Communist Party members, friends and ramblers — as the trespass did 92 years ago.
On the 121st anniversary of communist Claudia Jones’s birth ROGER McKENZIE looks at political events that shaped her, and those she helped shape
After years of austerity and denial under a new Reform UK council, a failing Send service was pushed into the spotlight by staff, unions and parents — culminating in a £1.3m funding boost and a 50% increase in front-line workers. MARTIN PORTER explains
KEVAN NELSON reports back from a delegation to the epic celebrations for the anniversary of Vietnam’s 1945 revolution, where British communists found a thriving, prosperous socialist country, brimming with ambition and well-earned national pride
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports on the Israeli national strike as thousands call for an end to the war