With speculation growing about a Labour leadership contest in 2026, only a decisive break with the current direction – on the economy, foreign policy and migrants – can avert disaster and offer a credible alternative, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Workers for the world: US labour became vital to the climate movement in 2023
Last year saw a coming together of union and ecological concerns in the US, with the demand for a just transition being part of the massive UAW strike, reports KATIE MYERS
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Repression against left-wing, anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity structures in Germany is increasingly aimed at undermining their economic means of existence, says LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
Decades of centre-left accommodation and deepening inequality have opened the door to a hard-right restoration — posing stark challenges for the left, argues FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
Despite systemic racism and far-right hostility, Britain’s migrant and black communities continue to contribute, inspire, and resist. Through education, art, and intergenerational solidarity, the next generation can help shape a future rooted in justice, understanding, and hope, says ZITA HOLBOURNE
JULIA BARD looks at the persistence of anti-semitism on the political right – and its troubling emergence on parts of the left, too
From the mainstreaming of far-right ideas to Europe’s looming conflicts, 2025 has been a year of sharp warnings. The coming year demands decisive action before these crises escalate, writes ANDREW MURRAY
THE year 2023 was marked by symbiosis between the labour and climate movements. Workers across industries and geographies loudly declared that a world in which their safety and well-being are disregarded is even more dangerous to them and to others in a time of energy transition and climate crisis.
After decades of hesitancy, several major unions recognised an urgent need to organise those who will do the hard work of decarbonising the nation’s economy. It doesn’t hurt that public sympathy, and policy, have grown friendlier toward them.
As a result, calls for a just transition rattled union halls and corporate offices as organised labour in the US enjoyed one of its most active years in recent memory and environmental organisations, long uncertain about where unions stood, found new allies.
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