IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
The US Democratic Party’s shift to the right
The continued hawkishness of Biden’s party is putting it increasingly at odds with its own natural constituency, argues JULIAN VIGO
President Joe Biden is joined on stage by first lady Jill Biden at an event on the campus of George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia, January 23, 2024, to campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in the upcoming presidential election
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
SINCE over a decade ago, the left and right began a manoeuvre, what I call a “political Strangers on a Train” — each party taking on many of the political positions of the party across the aisle.
During lockdown especially, I noted more and more conservatives in the United States taking up talking points that traditionally Democrats had while the Democrats shifted even further to the right.
In the infamous “Yogurtgate” of late 2020 Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi commiserated on camera with the masses in the throes of the pandemic as she opened her $20,000 refrigerator-freezer, grabbing a $12-a pint ice-cream. In this incident we catch a glimpse of today’s Democrats, once the party of the white and black working class.
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