JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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What next for left-wing politics after the Congress victory in Karnataka assembly election?
While the defeat of the fascist BJP is welcome, division within the Indian left is holding back progress, writes BHABANI SHANKAR NAYAK
JOY: Supporters of the Congress Party celebrate election results in the Karnataka state elections in Bengaluru, India
The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
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General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Bizarrely, Trump’s latest attacks now include the National Zoo, but his real and racist agenda is to strip everything black from the country’s cultural institutions, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THE defeat of BJP-led Hindutva politics in Karnataka state is cause for celebration and hope for India’s secular constitutional democracy.
The people of Karnataka, in the south-west of the country, rejected divisive and bigoted politics under Narendra Modi’s leadership. His campaign focused on polarisation, while the Congress Party led a positive campaign.
The Congress Party successfully consolidated its votes and organisation, countering Hindutva propaganda with its five “guarantees” policy.
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