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British black lives matter
Patrick Vernon on learning the lessons from the Windrush scandal as part of the history of Black struggle in Britain
Mind the security gap
Claude Moraes says a bespoke interim agreement is urgently needed to avoid standstill
As the UK gets ready to leave the European Union, finding ways...
Conference green light to stay put
Alena Ivanova says let’s make our movement home for the 20th October marchers
Democratisation odyssey continues
Bryn Jones gives two cheers for McDonnell’s democracy plans, warns of Brexit implications but finds fudges on Labour internal democracy at Conference
Labour’s new commitment...
Democracy – threat, opportunity, or damp squib?
Ann Black reports on compromises and conflict on party democracy
This year’s conference went well, with popular announcements on childcare, workers’ rights and renationalisation and...
After the IHRA. Where do we go from here?
The fight against antisemitism for the socialist left has to go hand-in-hand with resistance to all other forms of racism. Hostility to Jews as...
Brexit – an abandonment of solidarity
The European Union is much more than a trading bloc says Julie Ward
“We’re leaving!” shout the Brexiteers whenever there’s a slight whiff of Remain...
Brazil turns right
Thomás Zicman de Barros says Bolsonaro’s success is a disaster, but inexperience and a weak economy could unravel his popularity
The Brazilian ‘Republican Front’ was...
Nikolai Bukharin – Forgotten Revolutionary
Nigel Doggett finds political lessons from a victim of Stalin’s purges
Conference and crystal balls
Ann Black reviews Labour’s Democracy Review
As I write, I have no idea how the 120 recommendations in the party democracy review will be presented...
Revived Anti Nazi League on the agenda
Trevor Fisher on the threat from the far right
When John McDonnell called for a new movement against the growing far right threat in early...