TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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Why this is the moment to stop apartheid in its tracks
It’s time to assert the call for sanctions against Israel’s illegal colonisation project, writes BEN JAMAL of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
ON JULY 1 the Israeli government announced a temporary postponement of its plans to proceed with the annexation of swathes of Palestinian territory in the West Bank, needing more time to finesse the finer details with the Trump administration.
The day before, the Sumarin family of Silwan in East Jerusalem gathered in an Israeli court in a last-ditch endeavour to prevent the decades-long attempt to evict them from their family home.
They were unsuccessful. Now, they face forcible removal from the home they have lived in for decades.
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Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD
History suggests apartheid ends not through appeals to conscience alone but through sustained economic and political pressure, says HUGH LANNING
Bezalel Smotrich’s measures to extend Israeli property law into the West Bank are a continuation of a decades-long project to dispossess Palestinians and preclude statehood, argues HUGH LANNING