ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads

After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG

Campaigns hit out as Cooper tub thumps on migrant family life with public threat to human rights act

Xenophobic hysteria over the statistically insignificant number of small-boat crossings deliberately conceals how capitalism manipulates population flows for profit — if we can explain that, we’ll beat the right, argues NICK WRIGHT

There’s no room for feminists to be complacent about the growth of extremism and misogyny worldwide, warns HAILEY MAXWELL

In the recent federal elections the far-right AfD was able to reach sections of the working class on issues over which the left is divided and unable to articulate a coherent position, a situation that is replicated in a number of other European countries, argues NICK WRIGHT

ANDREW MURRAY reviews studies on the motivations of last August's rioters and dwindling support for 'democracy' in its modern Western incarnation

Thousands take to streets to protest against far right

Today’s far-right demo called by ‘Tommy Robinson’ from prison to ‘free the political prisoners’ is a dark sign of today’s politics. We need a class-based fightback now, argues TONY CONWAY

Campaigners express concerns about the of safety black and minority ethnic communities in London ahead of far-right march

LOUISE RAW reports back from the United States on the dystopian future its ruling tycoons have planned for us – and our need to take a stand against the far right in Britain now

Donald Trump’s inauguration has emboldened fascists in Britain, warns SABBY DHALU 

Activists vow to oppose Trumpism by fighting for ‘social and environmental justice, working-class organisation and universal human and civil rights’

With Trump coming back to power, interventions aimed at regime change and a far-right resurgence in the region are heavily on the agenda, writes MATT WILLGRESS, calling on the international left to prepare to act in solidarity

Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE

The failure on grooming gangs that has suddenly received a new wave of attention isn’t a failure of multiculturalism; it is a failure to tackle an epidemic of violence against women and girls, write JESS BARNARD and BEN LIAO

KEVIN OVENDEN cautions against a simplistic ridiculing of Trump, Musk or Farage as any such laughter might turn out to be at our expense

Driven on by novel forms of hard-right populism like Modi and Trump, European neofascists are skillfully rebranding themselves and taking power by copying the left's language — just as they did in the last century, writes JOHN GREEN

From boozy banker renegade to man-of-the-people populist, Farage’s evolution continues — if he can win constituencies like the Welsh mining areas, the left will need new and better answers, writes ANDREW MURRAY

Communications Workers Union general secretary DAVE WARD says combatting a resurgent far right means uniting the working class behind a positive vision for change – with collective bargaining at its heart

Co-chair of Welsh Labour Grassroots DYLAN LEWIS-ROWLANDS argues that only radical left policies can counter Reform UK’s growing appeal in Wales as communities face continued devastation from neoliberal policies

Western social democracy's timidity has emboldened the fascists. TONY CONWAY looks at the far right's resurgence in Britain

Every student needs an anti-racist education and teachers need appropriate training and encouragement to help bring about an end to racial exclusion and fear, writes DANIEL KEBEDE of the National Education Union

Our message on today’s demonstration is that we can stop the fascists – but to do so it’s essential that we mobilise, says WEYMAN BENNETT of Stand Up to Racism

Biggest anti-fascist demonstration in decades to take place in London

We need the biggest possible mobilisation next weekend against Tommy Robinson and the forces of the far right, who are looking to exploit social misery to spread division and hatred against minorities, write MARK SERWOTKA and KEVIN COURTNEY