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
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Johnson must be beaten democratically. Not through appeals to the constitution
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
THE Queen's predictable decision to agree to prorogue Parliament for five weeks at Boris Johnson's request shows how empty are bids to defeat this right-wing coup through “constitutional” means.
If Labour was outmanoeuvred by the Lib Dems and Scottish National Party on Tuesday to drop immediate plans to try to bring down the government and instead engage in parliamentary games to defeat a “no-deal” Brexit, it now looks to have been outmanoeuvred too by the Prime Minister, whose unscrupulous pitch to shut down Parliament entirely throws down the gauntlet to the labour movement.
Labour's initial reactions appear to follow the same defeatist constitutionalism that led to Tuesday’s retreat. Jeremy Corbyn writing to Her Majesty for an urgent meeting might have been necessary as a matter of form. But no-one should have imagined for a moment that it would halt the Tories in their tracks.
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