JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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Progressive federalism for the working peoples of Britain
Looking ahead to the Communist Party of Britain’s forthcoming congress, Scottish secretary TOM MORRISON explains the need for a mass movement from below that’s rooted in local demands
A woman heads to the polls in Bridgend, Wales
The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Bizarrely, Trump’s latest attacks now include the National Zoo, but his real and racist agenda is to strip everything black from the country’s cultural institutions, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THE concept of progressive federalism will debated at the forthcoming congress of the Communist Party. So what is progressive federalism and why is it central to our daily struggles across this island?
Communists believe that the concentrated power of capital can only be countered if working people are able to use their own collective power democratically at all levels.
Progressive federalism is about securing the institutions and continuing class mobilisation needed to do this across the nations and regions of Britain.
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