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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The mini-Budget was an open declaration of class war
The Tories know what their tax cuts for the rich and funding cuts to the welfare state will result in and they are willing to ride the storm – but more and more of us are getting ready to fight back, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
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 mini-Budget sets out the clear intention of the Tories to further shore up the wealth of the richest in society at the expense of the rest of us.
Tax cuts for big business and the biggest earners, deregulation, attacks on trade union rights and social security have all been tried before.
It has led to a significant level of inequality and a rise in every social ills, including violence, crime, mental illness, addiction and exploitation.
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