Reform’s rise speaks to a deep crisis in Establishment parties – but relies on appealing to social and economic grievances the left should make its own, argues NICK WRIGHT
Victory Over Fascism: A People’s War
PHIL KATZ describes the unity of the home front and the war front in a People’s War
A mural depicting the Battle of Cable Street
This year’s Bristol Radical History Festival focused on the persistent threats of racism, xenophobia and, of course, our radical collective resistance to it across Ireland and Britain, reports LYNNE WALSH
A maverick’s self-inflicted snake bites could unlock breakthrough treatments – but they also reveal deeper tensions between noble scientific curiosity and cold corporate callousness, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The FBU is demanding 52 weeks of full pay for women firefighters, highlighting the unique health risks they face — and the continuing need to recruit and retain more women if policies like this are still not in place, writes SEONA HART
Israel continues to operate with impunity in what seems to be a brutal and protracted experiment, while much of the world looks on, says RAMZY BAROUD
A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
THE 80th anniversary of VE Day marks a triumph forged not by generals or politicians alone, but by the sweat and sacrifice of Britain’s working class. This was a total war — a conflict won through the collective muscle of munitions workers, the ingenuity of engineers, and the unbreakable spirit of communities under bombardment.
Women stepped into factories and fields, trade unions became the backbone of production, and for the first time ever, the state worked for the people rather than against them. Yet today’s sterile commemorations tell a different story — governments now mark the peace by bombing Damascus or Yemen while the public is reduced to a passive sideshow. With eastern Europe again a battleground, defending the true history of this struggle has never been more vital.
The Foundations of Resistance
The war effort didn’t begin in 1939 — it was built on the ashes of the 1930s. Memories of hunger marches and Means Testing of households for eligibility for unemployment relief fuelled a determination that this war would not be like the last.
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