State machinery was widely employed to secure favourable outcomes in India’s recent regional elections against three progressive regional governments who dared to challenge Narendra Modi, asserts VIJAY PRASHAD
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Jewish Socialist magazine marks its 75th issue
Thirty-six years ago a new radical Jewish publication was born, leading to a blossoming of Jewish progressive thought. JULIA BARD reports
It is too early to assume a US defeat in Iran — we must prepare for a long anti-war struggle, argues JOHN ROSS
ROGER McKENZIE says the ANC needs to respect South Africa’s Communists and their decision to stand independently at elections
KENNY MacASKILL remembers the woman who first translated The Communist Manifesto into English
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
THE 75th issue of Jewish Socialist has arrived from the printers. All the usual cliches apply.
The smell of the ink, the feel of the paper, the frisson at opening the first copies after weeks of work are just as powerful as they were when we started producing it 36 years ago, but this one feels like a landmark because of the pandemic and the bitterly polarised political landscape into which it has been born.
In every single issue we have published writing by authors, Jewish and non-Jewish, who are new to Jewish Socialist.
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