State machinery was widely employed to secure favourable outcomes in India’s recent regional elections against three progressive regional governments who dared to challenge Narendra Modi, asserts VIJAY PRASHAD
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From the grassroots Living Rent is working to win for tenants
Building a unified movement around in workplaces and communities can beat the housing crisis and landlord profiteering, says RUTH GILBERT
It is too early to assume a US defeat in Iran — we must prepare for a long anti-war struggle, argues JOHN ROSS
ROGER McKENZIE says the ANC needs to respect South Africa’s Communists and their decision to stand independently at elections
KENNY MacASKILL remembers the woman who first translated The Communist Manifesto into English
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
DURING a year of industrial action on a scale not seen in 30 years, workers and tenants have stood united on picket lines across Scotland.
Solidarity between trade and tenants’ unions has never been more vital, and the emergent cross-union power located in our communities must be seized.
As Scotland’s Tenants’ Union, Living Rent is building working-class power from the ground up. Structured around a model of local neighbourhood branches, our work focuses largely on housing.
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