As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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How the Communist Party has been making history for 100 years
MARY DAVIS previews a new history of the CP and its many struggles over the decades
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
A HISTORY of the Communist Party from 1920-2020 is long overdue. This new book, published today, is not it.
It doesn’t even pretend to complete the work started by James Klugmann and Noreen Branson who between them charted the party’s history up to 1951.
Instead, this volume, produced for the centenary of the Communist Party, is thematic.
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