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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Recent events have shown the best and the worst of Scottish politics
The wider political climate and abandonment, until recently, of a class-based analysis, has left baseless conspiracy theories unchallenged
Hazel Nolan and Rhea Wolfson
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
LAST week’s equal pay strikes showed the best of Scottish politics — working class women speaking for themselves and many of their male colleagues at Glasgow City Council standing in solidarity and refusing to cross picket lines.
One sickening reaction to the dispute, however, has shown the very worst.
This came from nationalist blogger Gareth Wardell, who writes and tweets under the pseudonym “Grouse Beater.” He described GMB Scotland official Rhea Wolfson, who is Jewish, as deploying “fascist demagoguery” in her stewardship of the strike.
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