Latest editorial
Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
WE ALL NEED A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS
Homeless people in Manchester are getting together to campaign for the right to a decent place to live. Northern reporter Peter Lazenby meets them
Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL
A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips
ST ANNE’S Square in Manchester bustles with people — busy shops and cafes, city centre workers hurrying to and from lunch, shoppers.
It is overlooked by St Anne’s church and a statue of one of the city’s fathers. But it is also home to more than 30 homeless people.
They have pitched tents on the square’s stone flags in protest at being homeless and at Manchester City Council’s failure to get to grips with the city’s homelessness problem.
Similar stories
JAN WOOLF welcomes the initiative of St Mungo’s, a charity for the homeless, to use use outdoor art to explore the lives of those it has helped
In a wide-ranging interview, JEREMY CORBYN talks to Ben Chacko about the difficulties the new Prime Minister faces and why he sees no future in Labour
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government