To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER
Voting Labour after Corbyn
Until such time as a new parliamentary vehicle for the working class emerges, socialists should continue to vote Labour, argues MARTIN HALL
Despite the apocalyptic destruction RAMZY BAROUD points to Gaza’s triumph of spirit against the architecture of genocide
We are demanding action from our politicians to deliver justice, fairness and decency throughout our communities – join us, says ROZ FOYER
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
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
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
IT FEELS like each day heaps new trials and tribulations upon Labour members and voters.
The party has opposed Tory plans to put up corporation tax, failed to oppose the Tories over their pitifully slow Covid response, the spycops Bill, and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (initially, at least).
Then there have been rightward moves on policing, defence and the environment, a failure to back unions and workers and, in general, thinking that the way to win back the so-called “red wall” is to wrap themselves in the union flag and talk patronisingly about family and community.
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