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A bold stance is needed to counter the far right
TONY CONWAY argues that fighting fascistic developments sparked off by the controversy over immigration can only be done when supported by a clear set of progressive political demands put forward by the labour movement
Anti-fascists from Cornwall Resists, stand outside the Beresford Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, which houses refugees, as protesters from the far-right group Patriotic Alternative mount their own protest opposite
It’s where she was looked after and loved by workers who don’t deserve Starmer’s ugly condemnation, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
BILL GREENSHIELDS urges an intensification of the information offensive against the impact of the spurious discourse peddled by Reform UK
MAT COWARD tells the story of Edward Maxted, whose preaching of socialism led to a ‘peasants’ revolt’ in the weeks running up to the first world war
VINCE MILLS gathers some sobering facts that would inevitably be major obstacles to any such initiative
Labour’s pop-loving front bench have snaffled up even more music tickets worth thousands apiece, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
RAMZY BAROUD on how Israel’s narrative collides with military failure
GIVEN the recent developments both in Parliament and on the streets, we should recall what Georgi Dimitrov said1935.
Fascism was not something “over and above” capitalism — even though that was its claim. Nor was it primarily an expression of the despair of the lower middle class — even though this composed part of its base.
It was: “The open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic and most imperialist elements of finance capital.”
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