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
A Christmas card from Bethlehem
PETER FROST recalls a visit to the West Bank in the ’80s, where he was surprised to find a strong communist presence at the birthplace of Jesus
Israeli West Bank barrier
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
I WOULDN’T go to Israel today. I don’t even buy Israeli oranges.
No, I’m not the slightest bit anti-semitic, but despite what the mighty Israeli lobby tries to tell us, liking and supporting Jews isn’t the same thing as supporting all the awful things the zionist Israeli government is doing to the Palestinians who share the country.
Things were different way back in the 1980s. Cheap flights and package holidays were making exotic travel available.
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