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Labour Party candidate Angeliki Stogia is joined by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell during a campaign event in Gorton, Manchester, February 26, 2026
Aw That / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

Labour’s by-election defeat tells a story Scotland has known since 2008. A party that assumes loyalty while offering little more than managed decline will eventually discover that voters always have somewhere else to turn, says MATT KERR

Tottenham Hotspur's Richarlison scores his sides first goal during the Premier League match at Craven Cottage, London, March 1, 2026
Men’s football / 1 March 2026
1 March 2026
A view of the River Mersey and the city skyline, with the Royal Liver Building at centre, as the sun rises over Liverpool, October 2017
Austerity / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports

Eddie Dempsey and Maryam Eslamdoust
Britain / 1 March 2026
1 March 2026

Eddie Dempsey of the RMT and Maryam Eslamdoust of TSSA speak out against brutal war launched as negotiations were under way

The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, by Roger McKenzie
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NATIONALISATION CALL UNHEEDED: Assorted notables at the location of the new Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) on Monday July 14 2025 - Tata Steel gets £500 million while the local population a loss of 2,800 job
Wales / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

LUKE FLETCHER outlines Plaid Cymru bold plans for wide-ranging policy consultations with trade unions in Wales

A view of the River Mersey and the city skyline, with the Royal Liver Building at centre, as the sun rises over Liverpool, October 2017
Austerity / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports

Labour Party candidate Angeliki Stogia is joined by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell during a campaign event in Gorton, Manchester, February 26, 2026
Aw That / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

Labour’s by-election defeat tells a story Scotland has known since 2008. A party that assumes loyalty while offering little more than managed decline will eventually discover that voters always have somewhere else to turn, says MATT KERR

Andrew Fisher and King O'Malley (bearded), minister for home affairs, at the naming of Canberra in 1913 / Pic: Public domain
History / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

KENNY MacASKILL reminds us of the unprecedented political career of a Scottish miner’s militant son who stayed the course and true to his roots

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Working Class History / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

by Henry Fowler, General Strike 100 project co-ordinator

HEALTH CARE UNDER THREAT: A patient sits in a wheelchair before her cesarean delivery at the Ramon Gonzalez Coro maternity hospital in Havana last Friday
Latin America / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

‘Solidarity with the Cuban people’s revolution is our overriding priority,’ international secretary KEVAN NELSON told the Communist Party’s political committee on Wednesday

Manchester United fans in the stands hold up a banner reading MUFC Proudly Colonised By Immigrants during the Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester, March 1, 2026
Men’s football / 1 March 2026
1 March 2026
Australia's Sam Kerr (left) and Philippines' Hali Long battle for the ball during the Women's Asia Cup soccer match between Australia and the Philippines in Perth, Australia, March 1, 2026
Women’s football / 1 March 2026
1 March 2026
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola addressing players at a drinks break for Ramadan during the Premier League match at Elland Road, Leeds, February 28, 2026
Men’s football / 1 March 2026
1 March 2026
Celtic's Reo Hatate (second right) scores his sides second goal during the William Hill Premiership match at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, March 1, 2026
Men’s football / 1 March 2026
1 March 2026
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Attila the Stockbroker Diary / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026

The Bard stands with the Reformers of Peterloo, and their shared genius in teaching history with music and song

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Books / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

SUE TURNER is fascinated by a book that researches who the largely immigrant workforce were that built the Empire State

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Cinema / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

MARIA DUARTE and MALC McGOOKIN review Sirat, The Testament of Ann Lee, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, and All You Need Is Kill

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Books / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

STEVE ANDREW recommends a Marxist analysis of the long chains of production that global corporations exploit

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Theatre review / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

MARY CONWAY relishes the period detail but misses the drama in this unsatisfactory dramatisation of the subjugated life of George Eliot

MIDEAST
Books / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

IAN SINCLAIR welcomes a mainstream scholar to the ranks of left-wing critique of US foreign policy