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ELEMENTARY, DEAR BRITAIN: Keeping housing stock in good nick / Pic: Rept0n1x/flickr/CC
Features / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

JACK YOUD explains how Salford City Council has taken on rogue landlords and won, setting an example to the rest of the country

REMARKABLE LIVES: (Left) Jimmy Hoffa, of the Teamsters Union (above) Arthur Amis of the Agricultural Workers Union; and (below) the Burston Strike School where Tom and Annie Higdon taught
Borderlands: A Country Diary / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

The life of a modest Norfolk organiser contrasts with the dramatic rise and disappearance of a controversial figure in US labour, says MARK SEDDON

Women tarring a street
May Day 2026 / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

Aslef general secretary DAVE CALFE looks at how rail workers and miners stood together against wage cuts 100 years ago – and why the legacy of collective action endures today

PROTECTING COLONIALISM: US forces under Special Operations Command Africa, UK’s 1st Battalion, Ranger Regiment, and members of the Ghana Armed Forces celebrate training together at Bundase Training Camp, Ghana in April 2024 / Pic: Sgt Christopher Dyer/CC
Features / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

As Africa’s progressives aim to consolidate its anti-colonial programme, VIJAY PRASHAD reports on the US getting a military foothold in Ghana

Photo: Henry Fowler
May Day 2026 / 30 April 2026
30 April 2026

A new Solidarity Fund promises a more accessible way to support strikers, says SARAH WOOLLEY

THE ARCH OPPORTUNIST: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in Golders Green on Thursday April 30, 2026
Features / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

Gavin O’Toole talks to anti-racism researcher HARRY SHUKMAN about the rise of the far right

Creating the first stones for a monument honouring Spanish civil war fighters. Photo: Author supplied
Spanish civil war / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

Community members have begun carving cobbles for a future memorial to Sunderland International Brigaders. JULIO ROMERO reports on this growing city project

Then Stockton South MP James Wharton, May 16, 2013
Features / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

Inspectors have uncovered systemic failures at a Tory-linked institution in London, where students pay thousands but standards are undermined. SOLOMON HUGHES reports

George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, attends the Order of the Thistle Service at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, July 3, 2024
Features / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

The former Nato chief stirred up dark historical undercurrents with his call to cut welfare for military spending, says SOLOMON HUGHES

Viva May Day: Belfast’s living tradition of unity and resistance. Photo: Author supplied
May Day 2026 / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

KERRY FLECK explains how the annual event unites thousands in a celebration of workers’ power, culture and collective resistance

PROTECTION: The correct PPE is vital in many industries
May Day 2026 / 30 April 2026
30 April 2026

ANN HENDERSON, of the FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network, highlights the need for workplace action on stress, asbestos and sexual harassment — and more women leading on safety

People take part in a Black Lives Matter protest in Brighton, sparked by the death of George Floyd, who was killed on May 25 while in police custody in the US city of Minneapolis, July 2020
Politics / 30 April 2026
30 April 2026

The route to liberation does not lie in waiting for allies or chasing representation for its own sake – it requires consistent political strategy and collective struggle, writes ROGER McKENZIE