As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
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 move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
A new report points a way to overcome complacent framing of climate issues, ‘by sparking a wider public reckoning with climate realities,’ and reconnecting with working-class people. IAN SINCLAIR reports
We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
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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