Opposing the far right

Trevor Fisher says the Together Alliance must step up activity, transparency and unity building Anti fascist politics in mid 2026 is dominated by two factors...

Ian Bullock – socialist historian

Duncan Bowie remembers an expert on early socialist movement and champion of democratic socialism Ian, who died on 23 December, was a long-term Chartist subscriber and occasional...

Remembering 1956 while Hungary topples populist right

Andrew Ryder and Andras Schweitzer on the 1956 uprising and Russia and Hungary’s love-hate relationship 1956 was a crucial year in world history, with the...

Ian Bullock – socialist historian

Duncan Bowie remembers an expert on early socialist movement and champion of democratic socialism Ian, who died on 23 December, was a long-term Chartist subscriber and occasional...

Remembering 1956 while Hungary topples populist right

Andrew Ryder and Andras Schweitzer on the 1956 uprising and Russia and Hungary’s love-hate relationship 1956 was a crucial year in world history, with the...

Editorial

Editorial 340

Looking into the abyss Just when opinion was shifting towards Starmer in sympathy with his opposition to Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran, the Mandelson farrago blew...

Labour’s command and control has alienated voters

Veteran Bradford councillor Ralph Berry on some hard lessons from the local election results The Bradford local elections, especially in Wibsey and Odsal, have prompted...

Representation of the people bill – at last!

Mary Southcott on moves to democratise elections Missed out on the last King’s Speech in 2024, some promises in Labour’s Manifesto are up for consideration...

London’s red fortress turns rainbow colours

Tom Miller reports London stays Labour (just) but more Green with Labour tribalism blocking progressive agreements while alienating young voters The only redeeming feature of...

How Israel is fuelling antisemitism

In the wake of the much-publicised burning of Jewish Community ambulances in North London Richard Kuper dissects the myths perpetrated by the Israeli government Many believe...

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

The General Strike: on the brink of revolution?

Paul Salveson draws some lessons from the strike of 1926 It’s a cosy myth on the Left that the General Strike of 1926 was a...

Loops rather than a ladder

Trained, certified, and still NEET: Jasmine Piakan on the youth unemployment trap “Learn to code.” “Get qualified.” “Do the training.” The message drilled into young...

Survival after Stalin

Nigel Doggett on Soviet dissidents To the Success of our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement by Benjamin Nathans published by...

Reform reality

Cat Smith finds higher taxes, banned flags, chaos and care in crisis is the real world of Reform The English local elections of May 2025...