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
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We need to step up the fight to save lives and livelihoods
The left needs to co-ordinate around alternative policies if it’s going to force the government to change course, argues RICHARD BURGON
As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX
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
Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
YOU “must learn to live with it and live without fear.” That was the message from the Tory government in the face of the greatest public-health threat in our lifetimes.
It came at the same time as the Tory chancellor pulled the plug on furlough, implying that mass unemployment would be a price worth paying.
Those remarks came as the world was nearing one million Covid deaths. Despite all the talk at the beginning of this crisis, the Tories have made clear that they will not do everything needed to protect lives and livelihoods.
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