ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
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Sheffield's organising experience shows how to build the labour movement
BEN CHACKO explains why we should tune into Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise's online meeting on Monday
The obfuscation of Nazism’s capitalist roots has seen imperialism redeploy fascism again and again — from the killing fields of Guatemala to the war in Ukraine, writes PAWEL WARGAN
From Workers’ Memorial Day to May Day rallies, TOM MORRISON examines the real challenges facing the labour movement as Reform UK’s glossy literature exploits legitimate grievances in traditional left strongholds
Calls have been made for the return to Venezuela of a two-year-old girl currently being held in the US, after being separated from her family by immigration officials, reports SUSAN GREY
In the first of two articles, DANIEL POWELL investigates the causal aspects of the Russo-Ukrainian war as Britain commemorates 80 years since VE Day
ON MONDAY Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise is holding one of the most important yet of the online meetings and webinars that are taking place as the left adapts to organising in lockdown.
The devastating impact of Covid-19 on Britain – the worst-hit country in Europe – and the mounting evidence that the virus is hurting working-class communities hardest highlight the need to change an economic system so unable to protect people or even prioritise their wellbeing.
Yet the left entered the crisis shortly after heavy electoral defeat and the Tories are sitting on a comfortable lead over Labour in the polls. Our movement urgently needs to learn how to win support among millions of workers who currently see no point in it.
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