Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
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Opposing Russian aggression mustn't blind us to authoritarian dangers at home
Bans on RT and excommunications of anyone who criticises Nato will have long-term consequences in a Britain that is restricting protests and cracking down on free speech, argues BEN CHACKO
Same hymn sheet: The Tories' Boris Johnson, Labour's Sir Keir Starmer and the SNP's Ian Blackford are pushing military escalation and authoritarianism at home
In the face of funding cuts, closures and a shift into women’s centres providing criminal justice-only services rather than a holistic approach, RUTH HUNT urges women to protect existing resources, volunteer and build new networks of support
The CPB's congress aims to build the united front against monopoly capitalism, utilising the YCL’s promising new generation of militants — but our party remains far from the strength history requires of it, despite recent progress, writes JOHNNIE HUNTER
From Palestine, to racism, to fiscal rules and migrant rights, DIANE ABBOTT surveys some of the main themes of Labour conference this week
We must remember how the CPGB led anti-fascist movement defeated Mosley’s BUF in September 1936 and apply the lessons of mass mobilisation and open, unapologetic confrontation to the rise of the far right today, writes DYLAN MURPHY
On the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, DAVID ROSENBERG reflects on his encounters with those who were there that day in 1936 – and suggests two urgent tasks for the anti-fascists of today
THE old saw has it that the first casualty of war is the truth, and tensions abroad all too often lead to crackdowns on civil liberties at home.
The disastrous consequences of right-wing policy are never acknowledged on the right. We’ve all seen the logic — if Labour loses an election it’s because it wasn’t right-wing enough, even if shifts right produce worse and worse results over time, as they did from 1997-2015.
The same logic applies to war. Twenty years of Britain and the US breaking international law to attack other countries, 30 years of Nato’s eastward expansion and massive military exercises on Russia’s borders are the policies which preceded Russia’s appalling invasion of Ukraine this week. But the warmongers at Westminster will not admit these policies might be at fault.
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