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A row of letting agent signs placed outside houses
Housing Crisis / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026

Britain’s housing crisis is no accident but a political choice, says CLAUDIA WEBBE

Thousands march to Trafalgar Square in central London, to celebrate workers' achievements at a May Day rally, May 1, 2016
Workers' Rights / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026

On May 4, the MML opens its doors to marchers and visitors alike, celebrating a living tradition of working-class struggle. MEIRIAN JUMP invites readers to come along and explore the building and its collections

USDAW General Secretary and Labour Unions Chair Joanne Thomas speaks during the Co-operative Party Conference at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in central London, November 15, 2025
Workers' Rights / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026

JOANNE THOMAS argues that unions’ political voice remains vital to winning stronger rights and protections for working people

Delegates during the first day of the STUC conference in the Caird Hall, Dundee, April 20, 2026
Voices of Scotland / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026

As STUC Congress moves to a biennial format, TOM MORRISON warns of concerns over shrinking lay power

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) on the picket line outside New Street station in Birmingham, January 7, 2023
Workers Memorial Day 2026 / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026

On Workers Memorial Day, EDDIE DEMPSEY calls for immediate action on our railways to make the network safer for all

USDAW General Secretary and Labour Unions Chair Joanne Thomas speaks during the Co-operative Party Conference at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in central London, November 15, 2025
Usdaw Conference 2026 / 27 April 2026
27 April 2026

Usdaw is working hard alongside its members to smash down barrriers facing neurodivergent workers, writes Joanne Thomas 

A general view of lambs on Kinder Scout in the Derbyshire Peak District
Kinder Scout / 27 April 2026
27 April 2026

Nearly a century ago several hundred young workers went on a ramble in a mighty show of solidarity for public access to land, says WILL from YCL Yorkshire & East Midlands

A view of the grave of Marxist philosopher Karl Marx (1818-1883) in Highgate Cemetery East in Highgate, north London
Full Marx / 27 April 2026
27 April 2026

Karl Marx’s Capital remains one of the most influential works of social science ever written and is much more than merely an historical document, repaying study today, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY and Workers’ School.

Officer cadets line up during the Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) in Camberley, Surrey, April 10, 2026
Military Spending / 25 April 2026
25 April 2026

There is no justification for spending colossal amounts of money on so-called defence — sacrificing our education, health and transport while they’re at it, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG

IMPERIALISM’S HANDIWORK: The shell of the GPO on Sackville Street (later O'Connell Street), Dublin in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising / Pic: Keogh Brothers Ltd/National Library of Ireland/CC
Ireland / 25 April 2026
25 April 2026

On the eve of the Communist Party of Ireland’s 27th congress JIMMY CORCORAN reiterates the principles that guided James Connolly

Sylvia Pankhurst on hunger strike carried by supporters in Old Ford Street, Bow, London in June 1914; Pankhurst in October 1911 / Pics: Public domain
Ireland / 25 April 2026
25 April 2026

GEOFFREY BELL looks at the curiously unsupportive stance of British progressives of the Easter Rising

BROAD PLURALIST APPROACH: Adopted by nearly all the left parties in Europe including France Insoumise / Pic: France Insoumise/flickr/CC
Features / 25 April 2026
25 April 2026

JOHN REES replies to Claudia Webbe