CHRISTOPHE DOMEC speaks to CHRIS SMALLS, who helped set up the Amazon Labor Union, on how weak leadership debilitates union activism and dilutes their purpose

After 58 fishermen were lost in the so-called ‘Triple Trawler Tragedy,’ four women led a grassroots revolt that forced the government to overhaul Britain’s deadly deep-sea fishing industry. MAT COWARD tells the story

The president is steering Argentina toward ever-deeper dependence on US capital, while slashing budgets at home – with calamitous results for the environment and the economy. BERT SCHOUWENBURG reports

Ministers say scrapping Ofwat will toughen oversight of scandal-hit water firms. But merging environmental and economic regulation and openly courting private investors suggest the failures of privatisation are set to continue. SOLOMON HUGHES reports

The Starmer-linked group’s hiring of a lobbying firm to peddle a bogus ‘Russian hack’ smear against journalists has erupted into scandal — but outrage has surfaced only because the target was the mainstream press, says SOLOMON HUGHES

In the fifth and final part of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG explains how the Communist Party of China’s approach demonstrates how Marxism, rooted in concrete conditions and mass participation, can shape history

John Wojcik pays tribute to a black US activist who spent six decades at the forefront of struggles for voting rights, economic justice and peace – reshaping US politics and inspiring movements worldwide

As members elect their first leadership, a deeper battle is unfolding over what democracy should mean in practice, says CASSI BELLINGHAM

In times of genocide, art is not a refuge from politics but a weapon against injustice, says ROGER McKENZIE, highlighting three of his own favourite political truth-tellers

Amid the latest US attack on the island, over 100 Cuban artists, intellectuals, dancers, musicians, and writers have called on cultural workers across the world to stand in solidarity with Cuba against the blockade. A report by People’s Dispatch

The language of humiliation is a step towards a second civil war, argues RAMZY BAROUD

ANDREW MURRAY says switching the prime minister on and off again is no substitute for new political approach we need