TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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Splits in the Tory Party. A historic chance for the left
Ruling-class crisis might present more opportunities than disillusioned leftwingers might think, says KEITH FLETT
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
THE latest offensive by Keir Starmer and those around him to marginalise the left in the Labour Party has captured media headlines, and of course, the full approval of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times.
Starmer, whose grasp of the dynamics of capitalism does not appear to be significant, most likely does not understand that it is the market system itself that creates the material conditions for a political left, seeking to focus ways of changing it. A left politics cannot simply be purged out of existence.
How that presents itself politically can vary, but we are coming up to the anniversary of the events that led to the formation of the first ever minority Labour government on January 22 1924.
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