After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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‘The climate crisis is a crisis of capitalism’
Writer and campaigner CHRIS SALTMARSH talks to Ian Sinclair about why socialist state intervention is the key to saving the planet and what we can do to bring it about
Insulate Britain climate activists take part in a demonstration on Vauxhall Bridge in central London
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
PUBLISHED at the end of last year, Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice is the first book from Chris Saltmarsh, socialist climate campaigner and the co-founder of Labour for a Green New Deal.
With top climate scientist James Hansen recently noting “the 1.5°C target certainly will be exceeded and the world will almost certainly blow through the 2°C ceiling,” I asked Saltmarsh about capitalism and the climate crisis and the role played by established NGOs and new grassroots campaigns such as Extinction Rebellion (XR) and the youth strikes.
Your analysis in the book is unashamedly anti-capitalist. Why?
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