Knife-edge but mayhem could result

In an imperfect US democracy Paul Garver looks ahead to and beyond the US Elections One month before the November Presidential election, its outcome remains...

From Maidan to War

Duncan Bowie on a different Ukrainian Perspective Towards the Abyss by Volodymyr Ishchenko published by Verso  This is a rare political analysis  by a Soviet Ukrainian....

Greening Britain

David Toke on Labour and Green Party steps forward and back The wind industry has curtly rejected the opposition of the Green Party of England...

Labour conference- Rally without razzmatazz

Mike Davis reports that while thousands gathered to cheer the Labour landslide new popular and progressive policies for wealth redistribution and reviving public services...

Delivering for youth

Caitlin Barr reports Starmer wants to lower the voting age – but asks will Labour deliver for young people? For many young people, Starmer’s Labour...

Change has to mean radical change

Editorial - Issue 330 Attlee went for it in 1945 with the formation of the modern Welfare State and the NHS. Wilson followed suit in 1964 with investment...

Stop The Far Right Demo – Saturday 26th October 2024

After the horrific events in Southport and the subsequent right-wing race riots that effected many of Britain’s towns and cities, Tommy Robinson, the extreme...

Trump catastrophic for Ukraine and Palestine

Tanya Vyhovsky says Trump can be beaten but Harris has to go out and meet the people. What would be the impact of a Trump victory...

Moving beyond manifesto essential

After savage Tory austerity cuts local control is basic common sense says Tom Miller Alongside the landslide secured by the Labour Party in the 2024...

Voice for Palestine

Mary Mason asks what impact can the Independents have? The General Election was a huge victory for Starmer, elected on a promise of creating change,...
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Uxbridge not a bellwether

In the wake of the Uxbridge by-election Bryn Jones says Labour’s wobbling on green policies will not win it any votes

Driscoll affair echoes Livingstone

Will Jamie Driscoll’s departure be a repeat of the Livingstone London mayor fiasco? asks Trevor Fisher

Labour’s National Policy Forum must back proportional representation

The vast majority of CLPs support it, as do two-thirds of affiliated trade unions. So, will the NPF accept the case for PR? Maximilian Czekalski explains why it should

No time to stay silent

Margaret Owen asks why Starmer is ignoring the obvious ways to win the women’s vote

Railways and Riots

Paul Salveson is cautiously optimistic on rail initiatives After a rather pessimistic view of Labour’s transport offering in the last Chartist, I have to say,...

Modi and Hindu nationalism

Nigel Watt on the largest democracy Malevolent Republic - A Short History of the New India by K.S.Komireddi published by Hurst This is a very readable...

Wrong in commission and omission

Glyn Ford on Entryism Entryism and the Revolutionary Socialist Left in Britain by Nicolas Sigoillot published Routledge Spanning more than seventy years, Sigoillot covers the ground,...

Sexual assault and what’s wrong with Parliament

Sexual assault and Parliament