Olive oil remains a vital foundation of food, agriculture and society, storing power in the bonds of solidarity. Though Palestinians are under attack, they continue to press forward write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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Democracy now for the Labour Party
Members must seize this historic opportunity to hold MPs accountable via open selections argues CHRIS WILLIAMSON
The Labour Party stall at TUC 2018
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
JOE ATTARD explains why trade unionists are rallying in solidarity against the recent arrest of political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan, the northernmost region of Kashmir, administered by Pakistan
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Why not pay a visit to Feile an Phobail, a people’s festival of community arts with roots in the days of internment without trial, and where the spirit of solidarity remains undimmed, says LYNDA WALKER
VINCE MILLS says Scottish Labour has adopted better positions than its Westminster counterpart — but unless it starts to fight for them that will count for nothing
This year’s Labour Party conference has the chance to take an historic step in democratising the party. Such a move will not only set the Labour Party on the road to greater electoral success, it will also lay the foundations for a shift in the balance of power in the country.
Labour is now the biggest left-of-centre political party in Europe and has considerably more members than every other political party in the UK put together. Labour’s members are the eyes, ears and voice of our movement.
The last 40 years have seen power being siphoned from the democratic political sphere into the unaccountable corporate sphere. Public services and utilities have been used as a cash cow to generate private profit. The casualties of this approach have been the workers in these sectors, who have been forced to accept inferior terms and conditions of employment and the quality service provided has invariably suffered too.
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