HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
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PHIL KATZ, Communist Party director of communications, urges readers to get involved in the May elections, to vote left and where possible, vote Communist
CJ ATKINS reports on the stand that saw Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif hauled out of Israel’s parliament during Donald Trump’s vainglorious address
ROGER McKENZIE argues that Western powers can see the beginning of the end in the rise of the global South — and racist reactions are kicking in
The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Taking a brief look at who the US president surrounds himself with reveals a team dedicated to the complete erasure of Palestine, not justice and civil rights for its people, writes TERRY HANSEN
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
COMMUNISTS are standing in the May council elections with a programme, “Communities fit for working-class people,” that offers a way out of constant capitalist crisis, with a renewed sense of purpose and determination.
Thousands of print copies are now being circulated on high streets, online and through letter boxes, backed up by a series of podcasts on housing, education, combatting crime and rebuilding communities, facing up to inflation and “levelling up.”
As one would expect, the Communist Party puts forward the case for socialism, but there is something very interesting happening in the way this is articulated. As a result of its growth since its centenary in 2020, the party has attracted a new generation of members, with backgrounds in community and trade union activism, and with knowledge of how the basics of socialism can be argued for, at local level.
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The East of England Communist Party reports on its district congress, where delegates focused on transport, housing, healthcare and peace as key priorities for rebuilding working-class communities