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There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
International Romani Day and our shared struggle
From the struggle against the destruction of affordable housing to the fight for decent jobs, victory for Gypsy, Romani and Traveller people strengthens the whole working class, writes VICTORIA HOLMES
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
THE struggle for Roma rights and working-class liberation in Britain aren’t separate fights — they’re different fronts in the same war against a system that thrives on class division and exploitation.
On April 8, as we mark International Romani Day 2025, we must recognise a fundamental truth: when the powerful want to crush collective resistance, they will first teach us to fear each other.
However, the Romani struggle in Britain mirrors the struggle of working-class families across Britain. Take for instance the devastating housing crisis that continues to ravage working-class communities and how it parallels the systemic displacement of Romani (and traveller) families throughout the country.
Council estates are demolished for luxury faux-affordable developments while Romani sites increasingly face forced evictions and hostile local opposition — these are two different manifestations of the same profit-driven offensive on our collective right to a safe, stable and dignified home.
In education, Romani children face staggeringly disproportionate exclusion rates across all age groups while working-class students navigate chronically underfunded schools and increasingly narrow opportunities for advancement.
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