The Greater Manchester mayor has shifted left over the years — but his record still shows a tendency to wobble when pressure comes from the right, says SOLOMON HUGHES
IT’S BEEN a while since we wrote about our campaign to win new readers. This isn’t due to lack of activity – far from it. The workload at one time had quite distinct bursts of activity particularly around key calendar dates and conferences, but with the continued strike wave and since the crisis in Gaza began there has been no time for complacency.
Our ambassadors on the ground the readers and supporters’ groups, Communist Party branches/regions and trades councils have been taking advantage of the editor’s decision to always provide papers for free distribution at picket lines and demonstrations and stalls supporting the people of Gaza.
This weekend we are sending papers to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Torquay, Newcastle, and Shrewsbury. Make sure that ordering the paper is high on the agenda when organising any event.
As advertising drains away, newsrooms shrink and local papers disappear, MIKE WAYNE argues that the market model for news is broken – and that public-interest alternatives, rooted in democratic accountability, are more necessary than ever
Across the country readers are rallying to the People’s Paper’s cause. Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER has some handy ideas on how to get involved
A chance find when clearing out our old office led us to renew a friendship across 5,000 miles and almost nine decades of history, explains ROGER McKENZIE
BERNADETTE KEAVENEY announces a simplified and streamlined way to get your paper delivered daily, and a big push for new readers that we can all help make into a success


