TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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Reparations for slavery and colonialism are non-negotiable
Western dominance of the capitalist system and the poverty of formerly colonised people in the global South or living as minorities in countries like Britain are the legacy of historic crimes that can and must be paid for, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Protesters topple statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
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
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
OCTOBER is Black History Month, which in truth would not need to happen if we lived in a fairer, just and post-capitalist society.
A society where the curriculum taught the truth about empire; the mass enslavement, famines and genocides that built the origins of Britain’s wealth and how the system extracted wealth and exerted control and influence abroad.
The racialised murder of George Floyd, the rising awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement, decolonising education and museums, movements on university campuses, bringing down statues of slavers and imperialists and sportspeople taking the knee and many other acts of solidarity have been met with strong fascistic political and media backlash on both sides of the Atlantic.
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