Since Ahmad al-Sharaa came to power in Syria, the Damascus government has been given carte blanche to use maximum force against any threat to its continued rule, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
Ambitious outreach plans at the Marx Memorial Library
The Marx Memorial Library is a treasure trove of labour movement archives and tradition of working-class education, writes MEIRIAN JUMP
KNOWING YOUR HISTORY: (L to R) Cable Street battle memorial plaque; Placard at Paris demo reads ‘Bardella Ciao Ciao Ciao’ (Jordan Bardella the president of the extreme-Right National Rally) and is a pun on Bella Ciao/Goodbye Beautiful sung by the anti-fascist resistance movement in Italy in times of Mussolini and later adopted by antifascist everywhere: ‘O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao / This is the flower of resistance / And those who died for liberty’
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Keir Starmer’s hiring Tim Allan from Tory-led Strand Partners is another illustration of Labour’s corporate-influence world where party differences matter less than business connections, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
The truth will out: we are here to unveil the full scale of the government’s complicity in genocide and to hold it to account for the monstrous bloodshed in Palestine, writes JEREMY CORBYN
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
KEITH BENNETT reflects on witnessing the grand parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of China’s Victory Day, which impressively showcased advanced military technology
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From hunting rare pamphlets at book sales to online panels and courses on trade unionism and class politics, the MML continues connecting archive treasures with the movements fighting for a better world, writes director MEIRIAN JUMP
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MEIRIAN JUMP reports from the weekend’s international conference to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of Marx Memorial Library and Workers School
