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While all of good faith on the left should wish the new party well, ANDREW MURRAY pinpoints some of the major challenges it will need to grapple with as it approaches its founding conference later this month
The trade unionist battle that beat a Tory government
ROGER SUTTON writes ahead of tomorrow’s 45th anniversary celebration of the Pentonville Five’s release
TIM LEZARD dissects the motives behind the apoplectic right-wing attack on the BBC
Western nations’ increasingly aggressive stance is not prompted by any increase in security threats against these countries — rather, it is caused by a desire to bring about regime changes against governments that pose a threat to the hegemony of imperialism, writes PRABHAT PATNAIK
NICK MATTHEWS recalls how the ideals of socialism and the holding of goods in common have an older provenance than you might think
Reaching co-operation is supposed to be the beginning, not the end, of global climate governance, argues LISA VANHALA
IN THE fight against today’s anti-union laws and other battles to defend public services and jobs, the Pentonville Five victory of 1972 is regularly cited as an example of how workers can win.
Its importance is increasingly being recognised in analysis of our history. It recognises that, like all our struggles, it was built on the back of years of hard organising and battling.
But it is also important to understand what really happened, it’s essential rank-and-file nature, what the ruling class learnt from it and how Pentonville can give us practical inspiration today.
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