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Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a press conference after a multinational coalition summit to facilitate shipping in the Strait of Hormuz once the US-Iran war ends, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, April 17, 2026
Britain / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to make a statement in the House of Commons, April 20, 2026
Editorial / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026
STUC general secretary Roz Foyer delivers a speech during the SNP annual conference at the Event Complex Aberdeen, October 11, 2025
STUC 2026 / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026

As the STUC gathers in an election year, the message to politicians is clear – continuing managed decline is unacceptable to Scotland’s workers, says ROZ FOYER

Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior on the touchline during the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge, London, April 12, 2026
Men’s football / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026
Benyon tree / Pic: MetFilm
Documentary / 21 April 2026
21 April 2026

IAN SINCLAIR recommends a documentary that highlights the multifarious benefits of legalising access to land throughout England

Security outside Finchley Reform Synagogue in north London after an attempted arson attack was made overnight, according to MP Sarah Sackman, April 15, 2026
Racism / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026

Ministers urged to end ‘extremely dangerous’ conflation of criticism of Israel with anti-semitism

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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro arrives at the Meeting in Defence of Democracy summit, in Barcelona, Spain, April 18, 2026
Latin America / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026
People walks in front of the Paris courthouse, in Paris, France, April 20, 2026
Big Tech / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the opening of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, February 23, 2026
United Nations / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026
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Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander during a visit to London Bridge station to unveil the first glimpse of the Great British Railways brand and train liveries, December 9, 2025
STUC 2026 / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026

Concrete proposals are needed to bring about full integration of the rail system, with real protections for workers and an end to private operators, argues EDDIE DEMPSEY

Firefighters from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) take part in the Cuts Leave Scars rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, calling for an end to cuts imposed on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service over the last 10 years, October 26, 2023
Workers' Rights / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026

A recent Union Street blaze showed firefighters at their best, but years of underfunding and job losses are stretching the service to its limits, writes JOHN McKENZIE

STUC general secretary Roz Foyer delivers a speech during the SNP annual conference at the Event Complex Aberdeen, October 11, 2025
STUC 2026 / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026

As the STUC gathers in an election year, the message to politicians is clear – continuing managed decline is unacceptable to Scotland’s workers, says ROZ FOYER

The protest by members of the British actors union Equity in Leicester Square, London, in solidarity with striking Hollywood members of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra), July 21, 2023
STUC 2026 / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026

Inspired by Ireland’s success, Equity urges all parties to support a basic income for artists that could unlock talent and boost the economy, says MARLENE CURRAN

A general view of Monro Hall, a prisoner accommodation block
STUC 2026 / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026

A major new report highlights the the dire state of our prison system – and demands urgent action from government, explains PHIL FAIRLIE

Salmon
STUC 2026 / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026

Dangerous conditions and political inaction still define the salmon industry, where BFAWU is pressing hard for change, says SARAH WOOLLEY

CONFORMISM v REBELLION: Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 and Paul Robeson on a visit to London in 1958 Pics (L to R): Bob Sandberg/Public domain; PA
Book Review / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026

RON JACOBS recommends a book that charts the disparate circumstances that defined the lives of two prominent black Afro-Americans — one a communist, the other an anti-communist

GOMBROWICZ HAUNT: Cafe Tortoni at 825 Avenida de Mayo / Pic: Dziczka/CC; insert Bohdan Paczowski/CC
Book Review / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026

CHRIS MOSS joins the hunt in Argentina for the works of Poland’s most enigmatic exile

TO EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS: San Andres neighbourhood of Mondragon with the Anboto mountain visible in the background ' Pic: Marisol Murua/CC
Book Review / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026

SYLVIA HIKINS welcomes a survey of successful contemporary worker co-operatives and economy-based co-operative systems

ENERGY AND EBULLIENCE: Cast of The Flying Dutchman / Pic: Craig Fuller
Opera / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026

DAVID NICHOLSON recommends the staging of this Wagnerian classic minus one or two insignificant quibbles

BRINGING APARTHEID TO ITS KNEES: US Democrat and civil rights campaigner Jesse Jackson who joined one of the marches through London to Trafalgar Square for the anti-Apartheid rally
Books / 17 April 2026
17 April 2026

JOHN GREEN relishes the record of a life well lived in the service of the fight for justice and socialism

Lime Garden in action April 2026 / Pic Paul Hudson/flickr/CC
Music review / 17 April 2026
17 April 2026

EWAN KOTZ got to the Jacaranda Baltic in Liverpool only to be taken by strong songwriting of the emerging all-women Lime Garden