Incredibly, US Republican states are systematically dismantling child labour protections, with children transformed back into the cheap, disposable workers of the Dickens era, reports ANDREW MURRAY
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ANDREW MURRAY casts an eye over past upheavals and asks whether the left can find a fire escape before the world goes up in flames
But Business Secretary downplays prospect of full nationalisation and declines to extend emergency assistance to Port Talbot or Grangemouth
Meanwhile, Labour government toughens rhetoric against the genocide, but stops short of making any changes in policy or practical support for Israel
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Labour accused of ‘balancing the books off the backs of the poor’ in spring spending statement
Chancellor Reeves' planned public spending cuts will ‘open the door’ for Reform UK, McDonnell warns as campaigners get set to rally outside the Treasury
Starmer under pressure over cruel plan to slash welfare budget
With Labour abandoning its base through welfare cuts and warmongering, a genuine progressive alternative is urgently needed but must avoid any whiff of Trump infatuation syndrome and national populism, argues ANDREW MURRAY
Tax rich instead of cutting benefits, PM told
Starmer’s unseemly rush to the right is part of a historical pattern when Labour is in power, argues ANDREW MURRAY, but there’s no reason why politics in general should follow this trajectory
ANDREW MURRAY welcomes the inside story of Labour under Starmer for the revelations it offers as to who is pulling the strings
ANDREW MURRAY surveys a quaking continent whose leaders have no idea how to respond to an openly contemptuous United States
Hundreds protest outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court as Stop the War Coalition and Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists attend court
Starmer under pressure from all sides to condemn Trump’s plan to drive Palestinians out of Gaza
Campaigners condemn Trump's ‘grotesque’ plans to ‘relocate’ the Palestinians in Gaza and call on British government to ‘defend international law’
Labour continues suspension of Apsana Begum, Zarah Sultana and John McDonnell
ANDREW MURRAY reviews studies on the motivations of last August's rioters and dwindling support for 'democracy' in its modern Western incarnation
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister walks in the direction of the biggest bosses
Meanwhile, Keir Starmer says government will ‘take on the nimbys’ by reducing the right to appeal against major infrastructure projects
ANDREW MURRAY considers whether the mass arrest of peaceful protesters was an attempt by the PM to appease his right-wing critics following his crackdown on last August’s race rioters — and a dark omen of the tyrannies to come
While Israel stalls on ceasefire agreement, its military kills another 78 people in Gaza
The trolling of our nation by Twitter’s clown prince points to very real weaknesses in the current regime as it cowers before Trump’s coming reign — it is time for Corbyn-era forces to unite and take on Starmer, writes ANDREW MURRAY
With Mandelson and Farage galloping into 2025 via Mar-a-Lago and wherever else a land-hungry Trump takes a fancy to, ANDREW MURRAY has a sinking feeling about what the next year has in store
From Yemen’s resistance to the rise of China and Brics, the imperial powers face an unprecedented challenge as their proxy wars fail to halt the march toward a multipolar future, writes ANDREW MURRAY
From boozy banker renegade to man-of-the-people populist, Farage’s evolution continues — if he can win constituencies like the Welsh mining areas, the left will need new and better answers, writes ANDREW MURRAY
More than 60 signatories urge Foreign Minister to sanction Israel in line with ICC and ICJ
With Ukraine firing British-made missiles into Russian territory, the risk of being dragged into world war III is greater than ever – so why is there scarcely a murmur from our political class, asks ANDREW MURRAY
In the US, Establishment liberal imperialism has fallen to what can be accurately described, at the very least, as a kind of right-wing nationalism — but what is the likelihood of full-blown fascism, ask ANDREW MURRAY
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Getting bogged down in the Trump v Harris divide is a distraction from the tasks of ending US hegemony and Britain’s subservience to Washington’s demands, argues ANDREW MURRAY
The sidelining of social democrats and embrace of deregulation comes at the same time as a remarkable collapse in public support for the current Labour regime, writes ANDREW MURRAY, so why don’t we go on the offensive?
The lack of serious debate on electoral weakness and key policy issues only made the disconnect between the leadership’s austerity agenda and the concerns of the party’s rank-and-file more blatant, writes ANDREW MURRAY
ANDREW MURRAY reflects on the achievements and character of socialism with Chinese characteristics
After his organisation helped elect four independent MPs, ABUBAKR NANABAWA talks to Andrew Murray about how Muslim Vote, although sparked by the war on Gaza, has a working-class agenda that reaches far beyond Muslims
Leftwinger Mish Rahman loses seat on national executive
As Keir Starmer alienates his party’s core voters and plummets in the polls, ANDREW MURRAY argues the shifting political landscape exposes Labour’s vulnerability to both right-wing populism — and a resurgent left
When there are more landlords in Parliament on the Labour benches than the Tories', whatever happens to her portrait, Thatcher is having the last laugh, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Age UK warns that two million pensioners could be in serious trouble this winter
The PM’s lack of any meaningful comment on the wave of far-right violence to sweep Britain is remarkable – and is linked to his reluctance to show solidarity with targeted Muslim communities, says ANDREW MURRAY
ANDREW MURRAY looks at Labour's shifting fortunes, the left as it stands in the new parliament and the likely character of the Starmer government
With less than 34 per cent of votes cast on a turnout of just 60 per cent, no party has got so much for so little. This wasn’t so much a ‘Labour landslide’ as Tory collapse, explains ANDREW MURRAY
An election campaign marked by racism and a willingness for the ‘mainstream’ to enable it gives a strong indication of what politics will look like later on down the line. Can a socialist and anti-imperialist network be forged to counter this dangerous prospect, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Andrew Murray catches up with Green peer and former party leader NATALIE BENNETT in the Greens’ target seat in Bristol, where they discuss the party’s aim of winning four MPs, Farage, Labour’s lack of policy – and the all-important issue of Gaza
ANDREW MURRAY visits Nigel Farage’s target constituency and wonders what it is about the seaside town that has put it in Reform UK’s sights
Andrew Murray talks to JEREMY CORBYN about his campaign as an independent, Labour’s shift to the right, the emergence of a thriving peace movement as an opportunity for the politics of the future, and his intention to ‘fight to the very end for every last vote’
In light of the mass movement in solidarity with Gaza, there is a simple metric to assess whether a Labour candidate deserves your support on July 4, explains ANDREW MURRAY
If the Conservative Party does indeed find itself reduced to a pitiful rump at the election, it is not just comeuppance for the last 14 years but a crumb of justice for two centuries of utter disgrace, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Leaders join forces to condemn Farage for comments on Nato expansionism
The Labour leader’s threadbare platform exposes the bankruptcy of liberal orthodoxy, not just here in Britain but as an era that is ending, with the far right waiting in the wings, writes ANDREW MURRAY
In one of the most dishonest episodes of the recent purges, Labour HQ has tried to deny Chingford the chance to vote for a committed and talented socialist — but ANDREW MURRAY finds she is fighting back, with huge local support
While the infamous ex-PM pens apocalyptic tomes ‘on saving the West,’ locals hunger for basic services like dentists and public transport, not doomsday prophecies about China, Communist Party candidate LORRAINE DOUGLAS tells Andrew Murray
Starmer’s Labour is dog-whistling so loud it’s deafening, safe in the knowledge the minority communities being slighted by these affronts largely have nowhere else to turn. Remember these betrayals, writes ANDREW MURRAY
ANDREW MURRAY gives the lowdown on the Labour rightwingers – selected with zero democratic input – attempting to parachute themselves into seats up and down the country
As the charismatic rebel candidate for Rochdale GEORGE GALLOWAY sends a remarkable 326 candidates into battle against Labour, Andrew Murray sits down with him to discuss Gaza, Starmer, and the Workers Party’s agenda
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer renews commitment to militarism and Britain's nuclear weapons
Corbyn officially launches campaign to be re-elected in Islington North
‘I feel a huge injustice has been done not just to me but to our community,’ Faiza Shaheen says
We may have candidates here and there to support who have stood up for the people of Palestine, but with both major parties fully in support of Israel’s genocide, this election is a pointless pantomime, writes ANDREW MURRAY
RMT union pledges backing for former Labour leader's independent bid
Even if his rationale is awry, Sunak is correct to say that Britain is entering an increasingly dangerous era, writes ANDREW MURRAY
It is no surprise that enthusiasm for elections right now is in short supply when no major party is offering change — we should welcome then, any entity that does centre socialism and the working class, writes ANDREW MURRAY
The rising price of gold is a good indicator that, despite the protestations of Western leaders, we are heading towards a bigger, wider war. Closing our eyes and focusing on domestic issues is not an option, warns ANDREW MURRAY
Andrew Murray catches up with Leicester East MP CLAUDIA WEBBE, who will be standing as an independent in a city stricken by rapacious fashion-brand employers, sectarian frictions and urban decay – a city where principled socialism is more valuable than ever
Hundreds of thousands of Labour members are leaving, councillors are resigning, and numerous former Labour MPs and left-wing newcomers are running against Starmer’s party — let us all unite, argues ANDREW MURRAY
While the Labour-turned-Tory-turned-Reform UK politician might hold deeply objectionable views, there are lessons to be drawn about class discontent and how socialist leadership should respond, argues ANDREW MURRAY
Sunak’s quivering, late-night address, expressing dire concerns over George Galloway’s win in Rochdale, unveils a profound unease within the elite — good. Now let's build from here, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Horizon scandal victim calls for sell-off as scandal grinds on
The suspension of Labour MP Graham Jones over his mild rebuke of Israel has proved a bridge too far, even for those supporting the Starmer path to power — what on Earth is going on here, asks ANDREW MURRAY
ANDREW MURRAY surveys the political landscape in one of Britain’s most controversial by-elections in years, and talks to the frontrunner – George Galloway – about the ‘perfect storm’ brewing for Labour
All shades of red must stand in total solidarity with any person or group, from the CPGBM-L to Socialist Appeal, that is facing the unprecedented attack on left-wing speech that began over the Gaza protests, demands ANDREW MURRAY
Right to protest comes under fresh attack as Tories unveil new measures and fines
ANDREW MURRAY is surprised by the latest comments by General Sir Patrick Sanders who seems not to have noticed Britain’s military meddling around the world over the last 25 years
ANDREW MURRAY turns an eye to one hundred years ago, when, as Lenin died, the first Labour leadership entered government in Britain
‘The violent repercussions of Israel’s war on Gaza are spreading across the Middle East, threatening a much wider conflict,’ Stop the War says
Sunak defends bombing Yemen and signals huge rise in military spending as left MPs warn of escalation risk
Post Office investigator denies acting like ‘mafia gangster’ in pursuit of wrongly suspected subpostmasters.