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Matt Willgress
RESISTANCE: An anti-Trump protest at the White House, Washin
Features / 8 February 2025
8 February 2025
Trump’s return when we already see a world at war, breathtaking inequality and climate catastrophe confirms Engles’ famous dichotomy, writes MATT WILLGRESS
PROTECTING THE INDEFENSIBLE: ProPalestine campaigners callin
Features / 23 January 2025
23 January 2025
As Donald Trump returns, it’s also worth returning to Lenin’s analysis of imperialism, writes MATT WILLGRESS
PROGRESS AND REACTION: (Left) Supporters celebrate President
Features / 18 January 2025
18 January 2025
With Trump coming back to power, interventions aimed at regime change and a far-right resurgence in the region are heavily on the agenda, writes MATT WILLGRESS, calling on the international left to prepare to act in solidarity
sewage
Features / 28 November 2024
28 November 2024
MATT WILLGRESS explains why only public ownership of water and energy supplies can stop the corporate rip-off and help tackle the many crises England faces
Mourners transport the bodies of their relatives killed by a
Labour Conference 2024 / 26 September 2024
26 September 2024
In a fringe speech for the Labour & Palestine campaign group, MATT WILLGRESS contrasts the government’s inaction with the TUC’s demands, calling for recognition of Palestine, an arms embargo and concrete steps to hold Israel accountable
A Palestinian child walks with a bicycle by the rubble of a
Labour Conference 2024 / 21 September 2024
21 September 2024
The region’s left speaks up for Palestine, while the US empire’s stooges in Latin America do as their master says, writes MATT WILLGRESS
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Features / 7 June 2024
7 June 2024
We need to urgently put forward – and mobilise now for – policies that can actually address the depth of the crises we face, writes MATT WILLGRESS, of Labour Assembly Against Austerity
MATT WILLGRESS, from Arise – A Festival of Left Ideas, cal
Labour Conference 2023 / 7 October 2023
7 October 2023
MATT WILLGRESS, from Arise – A Festival of Left Ideas, calls for greater co-ordination on the left
Let the members decide — for Labour Party Democracy
Features / 11 August 2023
11 August 2023
The recent blocking of Mish Rahman yet again showed contempt for Labour Party democracy — we need permanent campaigning for the right of members to decide, writes MATT WILLGRESS
Ambulance strikers
Features / 29 January 2023
29 January 2023
Let’s make 2023 a year of massive resistance to the ruling-class offensive, says MATT WILLGRESS
peru placard
Features / 28 January 2023
28 January 2023
The struggle for democracy in Peru continues, says MATT WILLGRESS of Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America
Israeli abuse of children: Labour must speak up for Palestin
Features / 27 November 2022
27 November 2022
MATT WILLGRESS writes ahead of the UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and warns of the growing concern that the Labour front bench barely speaks out at all on the issue today
PA demo B'ham Oct 22
Features / 14 October 2022
14 October 2022
Just because the Tories are on the back foot we cannot simply wait for a Labour government — it is time to unite our various campaigns into one socialist struggle, writes MATT WILLGRESS, national organiser for Arise Festival
Labour Palestine
Features / 26 September 2022
26 September 2022
Writing ahead of the Labour and Palestine fringe, MATT WILLGRESS says the continuing occupation and attacks on civilians by Israel must be cause to redouble our own resistance to attacks from the right on the solidarity movement here in Britain
Tens of thousands taking part in the TUC national demonstrat
Features / 23 September 2022
23 September 2022
As mass meetings proclaim ‘enough is enough’ and more and more workers go on strike, it is clear people want real action to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, writes MATT WILLGRESS, introducing 10 demands for the emerging movement from the Labour Assembly Against Austerity
Rebecca Long Bailey Stock
Features / 5 February 2020
5 February 2020
As the Labour leadership campaign moves on, Rebecca Long Bailey is showing why she can win for Labour, writes MATT WILLGRESS
RLB
Features / 10 January 2020
10 January 2020
There is only one choice for the left in the Labour leadership race, argues MATT WILLGRESS
Labour rally stock photo contains JC
Features / 3 January 2020
3 January 2020
Now is the time for us to look ahead and fight back against the Tories’ reactionary agenda, writes MATT WILLGRESS
The Tories
Features / 10 December 2019
10 December 2019
Tory proposals are the opposite of taking back control, writes MATT WILLGRESS
Homelessness
Features / 6 December 2019
6 December 2019
The homelessness scandal is deepening and a national disgrace, writes MATT WILLGRESS
Features / 28 November 2019
28 November 2019
The Tories are in denial about how their austerity agenda is linked to deepening poverty, writes MATT WILLGRESS
Jeremy Time For Change
Features / 25 November 2019
25 November 2019
Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on the Chagos Islands is just one clear example of how Labour would implement a truly ethical foreign policy, writes MATT WILLGRESS
Bolivia coup police attack woman
Features / 22 November 2019
22 November 2019
The right-wing de facto dictatorship must be widely exposed, writes Matt Willgress
Labour manifesto
Features / 21 November 2019
21 November 2019
The next 21 days are going to see them throw everything they can at us, but we can win real change, writes MATT WILLGRESS