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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The Labour Party’s anti-war traditions go back to its roots
Despite attempts to erase history, there has always been strong anti-imperialist pro-peace contingent in Labour and the wider movement, says KEITH FLETT
Labour Party legend the late Tony Benn addresses a Stop the War Coalition conference in 2004
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
TONY BLAIR made a point on turning his back on the labour movement and rejecting Labour Party history.
Despite having been MP for Sedgefield, in the north-east of England, he broke with tradition as leader and shunned the Durham Miners’ Gala.
His main interest was in developing the future for New Labour, although, had he studied history, he might have grasped that there was nothing all that new, in most respects, about his project.
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