The annual commemoration of anti-fascist volunteers who fought fascism in Spain now includes a key contribution from Italian comrades
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Demonstrators protest against the hostile environment immigration policy outside the Home Office in April 2018
The Islamic Republic’s suddenly weakened regional position exposes the nation to grave threats from US imperialism
DONG XUE explains why US tariffs hold no significant threat to China
ANSELM ELDERGILL asks whether artificial intelligence may decide legal cases in the future, in place of human judges, and how AI could reshape the legal landscape
Like pieces on a chess board, centrist parties lose ground as they accommodate rather than challenge far-right agendas — socialists must play things better, warns MATT KERR
Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn laid out a roadmap for peace, justice and equality as they celebrated the legacy of inspirational socialist Tony Benn, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
THIS pamphlet from the Communist Party’s Anti-Racism Anti Fascism Commission is a bold and timely intervention in the toxic debate on migration, Brexit, populism and the steady march of the alt-right in the wake of the capitalist crisis and crash of 2007-8.
Packed with statistical information, historical analysis, topical commentary and political strategy it attempts to formulate an internationalist position that is both anti-racist and anti-fascist and capable of winning support within the working class and wider society.
This is a tall order. It has to grapple with the key conundrum of progressive and left politics today: how to integrate economic and historical analysis of class with the cultural elements of ideology (nationalism and identity) to produce a political approach capable of mobilising the support of the 99 per cent?
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