Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
WORKERS all over the world will come together to demonstrate and celebrate May Day — the international workers’ holiday.
May Day has always been a red festival and long before that it has been a widely known green countryside celebration marking the rebirth and regrowth of nature — the rekindling of life after winter.
In this article I’ll try to explore these two parallel histories of this important day. I’ll start with the workers’ celebration when red banners fly in the spring sunshine all across the globe and go on to another, more traditional, celebration of the end of winter and the approach of the better weather of summer.
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
Driven by anti-fascism and anger at Britain’s policy of non-intervention, thousands volunteered to fight in the Spanish civil war. Historian RICHARD BAXELL reflects on their sacrifices and enduring significance
CJ ATKINS commemorates one of the most dramatic moments in working-class history
SYMON HILL looks at Tommy Robinson’s bid to use Christmas to spread division and hate — and reminds us that’s the opposite of Jesus’s message



