Rather than hoping for the emergence of some new ‘party of the left,’ EMMA DENT COAD sees a broad alliance of local parties and community groups as a way of reviving democratic progressive politics
The Left has a historic opportunity to democratise Spain
The leader of Spanish communists ENRIQUE SANTIAGO tells Ben Chacko how a broad alliance of progressive forces can and must force the PSOE to deliver left policies
REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL: Santiago Enrique, general secretary of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE)
In the second of two articles, DANIEL POWELL looks behind the headlines celebrating Ukrainian resistance to a complex reality of neonazi battalions, forced conscription and sabotaged peace deals
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
The obfuscation of Nazism’s capitalist roots has seen imperialism redeploy fascism again and again — from the killing fields of Guatemala to the war in Ukraine, writes PAWEL WARGAN
From Workers’ Memorial Day to May Day rallies, TOM MORRISON examines the real challenges facing the labour movement as Reform UK’s glossy literature exploits legitimate grievances in traditional left strongholds
Calls have been made for the return to Venezuela of a two-year-old girl currently being held in the US, after being separated from her family by immigration officials, reports SUSAN GREY
IT ISN’T just in Britain that the balance of power hangs precariously between left and right.
Spain’s Communist Party is — as part of the Unidas Podemos (UP) alliance — entering coalition government with the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Though the coalition — the exact make-up of which is still under discussion — would be the first left-wing coalition to rule Spain since the 1930s, last month’s election was hardly a triumph for the left. Both the PSOE and UP lost seats, while the right-wing People’s Party (PP) and fascistic Vox made gains.
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