RICHARD BURGON MP speaks to Ben Chacko about the Labour right’s complicity in the Mandelson scandal and the need for a total break with Starmerism if the party is to defeat Reform
A wake-up call to the true nature of Starmerism
There’s a swathe of people now belatedly realising just how right-wing and policy-free Starmer’s Labour now is, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
The PM says Mandelson 'betrayed our values' – but ministers and advisers flock to line their pockets with corporate cash, says SOLOMON HUGHES
In the centenary year of Fidel Castro, Cuba faces ferocious aggression from the United States — but we will not kneel, vows FIDEL CASTRO SMIRNOV
DR GLYN ROBBINS ties fights at universities and sixth-form colleges to the consequences of the market system that began a generation ago with tuition fees
This by-election could plausibly see both Reform and Labour defeated — but splitting the left insurgent vote would put that at risk, argues CHRIS WILLIAMSON
In the first of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG introduces the key themes of her book on the Chinese revolution
The far right thrives on division, but denying racism within the left only strengthens it. As we mobilise for the All Together March, real solidarity demands honesty about our own failures, argues ROGER McKENZIE
THERE is a real “Oh, now they tell us!” feeling when you read the newspapers right now — more of the political press are open that Keir Starmer is working for the right wing of the Labour Party.
Even quite soft-left and centrist pundits are worried this means we are facing a “hopeless” election, with an opposition party that doesn’t oppose much and promises less.
It would have been more useful if they had reported these predictable truths when Starmer was running for Labour leader. Or in the earlier days of his rule when Starmer was less solidly in post.
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