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
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Uniting against the media onslaught on Jeremy Corbyn
We can be proud that Labour is an anti-racist, socialist party led by an anti-racist socialist leader, writes RICHARD BURGON
As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX
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
Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
THREE years ago this week, Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader in a landslide victory that shook the Establishment. There has been constant press hostility ever since.
Over the summer as Labour colleagues discussed the IHRA definition and examples of anti-semitism, some in the right-wing media even sought to hijack that important discussion for their own political ends.
The right-wing press — no champions of equality and anti-racism — ran wild headlines.
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