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ALEX GORDON assesses the tasks facing socialists in Britain following the 2019 general election
CLASS STRUGGLE: Workers march through Leeds on Asda HQ last October with a 23,000-strong petition opposing a controversial new contract
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
ON Thursday January 9, MPs voted by 330 to 231 to give a third reading to Boris Johnson’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill, an overwhelming majority that surely ends the Groundhog Day routine of parliament’s Remain party.
For two and a half years since Theresa May’s minority Tory government was returned following her disastrous performance in the 2017 general election, UK political commentary was dominated by parliamentary and legal tactics aimed at preventing implementation of any form of Brexit — punctuated by massive retaliations by voters in local, European and finally the 2019 general election.
Now that this phase of tactical obstruction seems to be over, real political argument will move on to what Brexit will look like.
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