ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
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The cost-of-living crisis from the 1840s to the 2020s
When it comes to fighting the class war in times when the rich have brought us to the brink of starvation, history shows no tactic can be ruled out, writes KEITH FLETT
Covid has been left to run unchecked, the NHS starved of the resources it needs, energy prices and general inflation rising well above wages and little or nothing done to address the climate emergency.
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
New workplace rights are welcome, but the survival of the trade union movement will be determined not in Westminster but in workplaces across the country, argues JOHN CARSON
Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
BRITAIN is not at war with Russia or anyone else — although there is a war with dreadful impacts going on in Ukraine.
Boris Johnson’s war is performative, playing to a crowd of right-wing Tory MPs and newspapers and which unfortunately Labour also has a supporting role in.
However, there is a war going on in this country and it is the Tories’ class war against ordinary people.
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Labour movement history in Britain shows workers secured reforms through collective pressure and political representation, rather than being gifted from above, writes KEITH FLETT
Inspired by a hit TV show, KEITH FLETT takes a look at the murky history of undercover class war
It’s not just the Starmer regime: the workers of Britain have always faced legal affronts on their right to assemble and dissent, and the Labour Party especially has meddled with our freedoms from its earliest days, writes KEITH FLETT
The government cracking down on something it can’t comprehend and doesn’t want to engage with is a repeating pattern of history, says KEITH FLETT