Just as German Social Democrats joined the Nazis in singing Deutschland Uber Alles, ANDREW MURRAY observes how Starmer tries to out-Farage Farage with anti-migrant policies — but evidence shows Reform voters come from Tories, not Labour, making this ploy morally bankrupt and politically pointless
‘We need to unite the left to become a strong voice inside and outside the party’
Lucy Wood talks to SOLMA AHMED about why she’s standing as a candidate for Forward Momentum’s national co-ordinating group for Midland and East Region
KEITH FLETT traces how the ‘world’s most successful political party’ has imploded since Thatcher’s fall, from nine leaders in 30 years to losing all 16 English councils, with Reform UK symbolically capturing Peel’s birthplace, Tamworth — but the beast is not dead yet
With turnout plummeting and faith in Parliament collapsing, BERT SCHOUWENBURG explains how radical local government reform — including devolved taxation and removal of party politics from town halls — could restore power to communities currently ignored by profit-obsessed MPs
As food and fuel run out, Gaza’s doctors appeal to the world to end the ‘genocide of children,’ reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
While Trump threatens to send Haitian gang leaders to El Salvador's terror prison, DANNY SHAW reveals how these paramilitary groups are merely symptoms of US-backed neocolonial rule — the real terrorists are the CIA and international actors arming desperate youth to traumatise an unarmed population
Having endured 14 years of Tory austerity followed by Starmerite cuts, young voters are desperate for change — but Anas Sarwar’s refusal to differentiate from Westminster means Scottish Labour risks electoral catastrophe, writes LAUREN HARPER
Mark Harvey pays tribute to a veteran of the days when the London building trade was a hotbed of working-class struggle, a legendary trade unionist, communist and poet
THE national co-ordinating group is Momentum’s highest body and is responsible for ensuring that the organisation operates within its aims and values so whomever is elected has the power to bring about the change that is needed to bring Momentum forward.
Momentum began as a people-powered, grassroots movement, which helped mobilise the left during the Corbyn leadership with the same ethos as the Labour Party to transform our society and communities to work for the many not just the privileged few.
The movement was inspirational in the beginning, but many begun to lose faith in the organisation when it seemed that only a few at the top were calling the shots and members were being marginalised and treated merely as boots on the ground rather than empowering and supporting community groups and voices.
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