John Wojcik pays tribute to a black US activist who spent six decades at the forefront of struggles for voting rights, economic justice and peace – reshaping US politics and inspiring movements worldwide
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Don’t be fooled again
We need to learn the lessons of the 1970s – when the state sabotaged the last left-wing Labour government, writes CHRIS NINEHAM
Harold Wilson and his wife Mary
In the fifth and final part of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG explains how the Communist Party of China’s approach demonstrates how Marxism, rooted in concrete conditions and mass participation, can shape history
In times of genocide, art is not a refuge from politics but a weapon against injustice, says ROGER McKENZIE, highlighting three of his own favourite political truth-tellers
As members elect their first leadership, a deeper battle is unfolding over what democracy should mean in practice, says CASSI BELLINGHAM
The language of humiliation is a step towards a second civil war, argues RAMZY BAROUD
ANDREW MURRAY says switching the prime minister on and off again is no substitute for new political approach we need
FOR the first time in a generation, we have the chance of a radical Labour government.
To get an idea of what to expect and how the left should prepare, we need to know the history of the last such experiment.
The Wilson/Callaghan Labour government was elected in 1974 on the back of a wave of militant strikes.
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