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PAWNS IN A POLITICAL GAME: Migrants who crossed into Spain from Morocco sleep on a Ceuta beach, August 3 2026
Features / 6 August 2026
6 August 2026

CARLOS MARTINEZ shows how EU, Israel and US shenanigans were used in an attempt to destabilise Spain’s mildly socialist government

Monica Lennon with Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander at the launch of the Scottish Labour party’s 2026 Scottish Parliament election campaign in Glasgow, March 26 2026
Features / 6 August 2026
6 August 2026

by MONICA LENNON, Scottish Labour & Co-operative MSP for Glasgow

AS OLD AS THE HILLS: The anti-Chinese wall: The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down, a 1882 cartoon by Friedrich Gratz published in Puck / Public domain
Opinion / 6 August 2026
6 August 2026

ROY WILKES takes issue with those on the left who argue immigration lowers wages — dividing resident and migrant workers only strengthens capitalist exploitation

NO TIME TO LOOSE FOCUS: Andy Burnham with Defence Secretary Wes Streeting, at BAE Systems, in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, set out plans for British defence procurement
Features / 6 August 2026
6 August 2026

Burnham’s ministerial appointees, to the right of himself, might indicate the direction of his government, writes SOLOMON HUGHES

Ceuta
Features / 5 August 2026
5 August 2026

The border spat is a useful turning of the screw against Spain for US interests, says ROGER McKENZIE

Sophie Bolt
Hiroshima Day / 5 August 2026
5 August 2026

On Hiroshima Day, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament general secretary SOPHIE BOLT explains why the danger of nuclear conflict is growing daily

Nuclear weapon test Bravo (yield 15 Mt) on Bikini Atoll. The test was part of the Operation Castle.
Features / 5 August 2026
5 August 2026

A six minute animation that conveys the horror of atomic war A Short Vision, made in 1956, is more effective than any drama, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Hinkley Point C, Linda's book
Opinion / 5 August 2026
5 August 2026

In the first of a four-part serialisation from her new book No to Nuclear, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER outlines the case she will make against this dangerous technology

Reconciliation (originally named Reunion) is a sculpture by Josefina de Vasconcellos unveiled in 1977 / Pic: Jim Linwood/CC
Features / 4 August 2026
4 August 2026

On Hiroshima Day, we print a statement by Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee of Peace and Reconciliation

New hope or not so much? Andy Burnham
Eyes Left / 4 August 2026
4 August 2026

Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?

Jeremy Corbyn speaks before a CND banner
Features / 4 August 2026
4 August 2026

JEREMY CORBYN says we should never forget the horrific reality of nuclear weapons, or cease our efforts to rid the planet of them entirely

Count Binface on July 17 2026
Opinion / 4 August 2026
4 August 2026

CHARLEY ALLAN reports from Clacton on Farage’s fears his by-election stunt has backfired