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Being poor should be no barrier to participating in Labour
CHARLOTTE HUGHES was deselected as a Labour candidate for a local by-election for having an outstanding council tax debt. She explains why she hopes the party will change to improve working-class participation
The public recognise the corrosive influence of the rich over our democracy, argues MIKE COWLEY — it’s a shame the Labour Party doesn’t
JORDAN RIVERA and DEANA BROOKS assess the recently concluded 358-day strike, related disputes at other hospital trusts and lessons for future action
Nuclear safety experts warn that sweeping cuts to oversight rules could undermine environmental safeguards as the White House races to bring new reactors online by 2026, says CHAUNCEY K ROBINSON
Engels’ call for a structured, systematic, critique of capitalism and for a strategy for securing something better remains as relevant today as it did a century and a half ago, declares the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
I WAS recently chosen to stand for selection to be a candidate for a local by-election as a councillor.
As a well-known community activist, I was overjoyed and even more so when I won the vote and was selected as the local labour ward’s chosen candidate.
However my joy was short-lived. Following a meeting held by my local Labour Party Campaign Forum, it was decided that I would be deselected, because, in their words, “it would bring the council and local Labour Party into disrepute.”
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