The real question for Your Party, as it holds its CEC elections, will be whether shaped from above or built from below by empowered branches and a bold, uncompromising socialist programme. Mel Mullings, Riccardo la Torre and Chloe Braddock of the Grassroots Left slate set out their case

As capitalism lurches from crisis to crisis, more and more workers are ‘superexploited’ – they receive less than the minimum deemed ‘socially necessary’ to support themselves and produce the next generation of workers, writes the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School

ISAAC SANEY points to the global stakes involved in defending the Cuban revolution against imperialism and calls for resistance

A political culture of spin and wilful blindness where journalists play along with power has meant the so-called ‘Prince of Darkness’ has been given an easy ride by the media – until now… MATT KERR reports

Despite claims otherwise, the second Trump presidency does not signal a US pullback into the western hemisphere, argues JOHN ROSS

Virginia Giuffre’s memoir lays bare the brutal reality behind trafficking: while the wealthy and well-connected evade scrutiny, it is poor and marginalised girls who pay the price in a system built to defend privilege, says HELEN KEANE

KEITH FLETT looks at the political impact of protest

In Part 4 of her look at the Chinese revolution JENNY CLEGG addresses the relationship between the Peasant Movement and the National Movement

Our political sphere, stripped of its popular component by decades of neoliberalism, sits apart from the public, writes COLL MCCAIL citing a telling parallel with the writings of French revolutionary Abbe Sieyes

The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome

Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS