Just as German Social Democrats joined the Nazis in singing Deutschland Uber Alles, ANDREW MURRAY observes how Starmer tries to out-Farage Farage with anti-migrant policies — but evidence shows Reform voters come from Tories, not Labour, making this ploy morally bankrupt and politically pointless
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Is this the time to reclaim Labour?
Even the best Labour governments have been a disaster for the working class once in power, argues DAVID GROVE, but the lessons of Corbynism married with the current wave of militancy provide us with a unique opportunity
KEITH FLETT traces how the ‘world’s most successful political party’ has imploded since Thatcher’s fall, from nine leaders in 30 years to losing all 16 English councils, with Reform UK symbolically capturing Peel’s birthplace, Tamworth — but the beast is not dead yet
With turnout plummeting and faith in Parliament collapsing, BERT SCHOUWENBURG explains how radical local government reform — including devolved taxation and removal of party politics from town halls — could restore power to communities currently ignored by profit-obsessed MPs
As food and fuel run out, Gaza’s doctors appeal to the world to end the ‘genocide of children,’ reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
While Trump threatens to send Haitian gang leaders to El Salvador's terror prison, DANNY SHAW reveals how these paramilitary groups are merely symptoms of US-backed neocolonial rule — the real terrorists are the CIA and international actors arming desperate youth to traumatise an unarmed population
Having endured 14 years of Tory austerity followed by Starmerite cuts, young voters are desperate for change — but Anas Sarwar’s refusal to differentiate from Westminster means Scottish Labour risks electoral catastrophe, writes LAUREN HARPER
Mark Harvey pays tribute to a veteran of the days when the London building trade was a hotbed of working-class struggle, a legendary trade unionist, communist and poet
THERE should be no illusions about previous Labour governments. For the most part they have served the interests of the ruling capitalist monopolies, even when they were making concessions to popular concerns.
All were led by right-wing leaders who justified their betrayal of promise and principle with social-democratic notions such as the neutral state, nation rather than class and “benign” imperialism.
But what about Attlee’s much-vaunted government of 1945? It was the worst of the lot. How dare I make such a charge? Because, unlike other Labour governments, it had a real opportunity to change the world for the better — and didn’t even try.
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