All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Maximising unity on the Scottish left
Can the progressive wings of the labour and nationalist movements find common ground on Scotland’s constitutional future, asks VINCE MILLS
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
THIS weekend the SNP will gather in Dundee to decide its future strategy on the constitution, following the British Supreme Court’s decision of last November blocking its planned referendum in October of this year.
It does so while Scotland is in a period of political ferment provoked by the failures of the leaderships of both the UK and Scottish governments to address the latest set of inter-related problems contemporary capitalism has visited on us, including war in Europe and a cost-of-living crisis at home.
Of course, crises are endemic in capitalism and in Britain these have been compounded by the end of empire.
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