To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER
You can’t have levelling up without a levelling out of power and wealth
For the labour movement to get on the front foot, our starting point must be our own positive collectivist agenda, says DAVE WARD
Posties on the picketline
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
THE fact that Tolpuddle is taking place online this weekend shows that the Covid crisis is far from over.
Despite the lifting of restrictions on Monday, the rise in cases poses new challenges for the trade union movement.
Just as workers have organised within their unions to protect their health and safety rights at work in the past, we must now all come together to do the same in this new stage of the crisis.
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