JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
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Despite Starmer’s efforts, Labour will always have a left
The pressures capital itself creates in society leads to the pressure for radical change, says KEITH FLETT
Keir Hardie (centre) addresses a crowd in Trafalgar Square
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
New workplace rights are welcome, but the survival of the trade union movement will be determined not in Westminster but in workplaces across the country, argues JOHN CARSON
Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
THE efforts of Labour Party HQ to remove the left from the party are perpetual.
Arguably the first occasion was the formal refusal to recognise the young Communist Party as an affiliate in the late 1920s.
The most recent purges have included Socialist Appeal and various groups opposed to the expulsion of critics of the current leadership.
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