Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
How the working class and women were usurped in pandemic mitigation
Renters, the poor and freelancers are a class abandoned during the pandemic, while the mega-rich and their lives of luxury are left undisturbed, writes JULIAN VIGO
Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL
A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips
FOR those of us working from home while homeschooling in the early weeks of the pandemic, the selective nature of who was asked to sacrifice in the name of “pandemic mitigation” became painfully clear.
It was no coincidence that the pyjama class of workers shared few burdens with the working class in terms of their role in virus mitigation.
The social media feed of those who earn their living from their dining room tables was contrasted with their social media feed which told of great sacrifice.
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