NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
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The ascent and fall of Corbynism
Recognising the true nature of the Parliamentary Labour Party and its 100-year commitment to imperialism is crucial to understanding why it proved so resistant to change from within during the years of Corbyn’s leadership, argues ANDREW MURRAY
UNDIMINISHED APPEAL: Jeremy Corbyn with St Mungo's workers as they begin a month long strike over pay, May 30 2023
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
With violence against women and girls reaching unprecedented levels – particularly in the north of England – Unison North West is driving a union-wide push for education, prevention and trauma-informed support, writes JOANNE MOORCROFT
Amid national economic decay and with a lack of coherent left-wing responses, far-right narratives on women’s safety and immigration have taken root in former Labour heartlands. The WOMEN’S LIBERATION ALLIANCE warns that only a renewed politics rooted in an understanding of class, race and sex can stem the rise of authoritarianism
WITHIN Jeremy Corbyn’s 40 years as MP for Islington North, five stand out — those stretching from his election as Labour Party leader in September 2015 through to his suspension from the party whip by his successor in October 2020.
Those were the years in which he lent his name to an “ism” and generated a political movement which had, for a time, extraordinary vitality.
It is scarcely a secret that Jeremy Corbyn, who the present writer has known and campaigned alongside for many years and who worked with him during his leadership, never expected to be Labour leader nor coveted the post.
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