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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Tory policies make this government not fit to govern — we should resist them all
Rather than fighting the ‘culture wars,’ we must focus on resisting every part of the Tory agenda and proposing truly transformative economic polices instead, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Diane Abbott joins with people assembled in Portland Place in London, in July 2017
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
THE DEMONSTRATION today is a great opportunity to bring together all the strands of the movement, both long-established and newly emerging, in the fight for a better society and against the policies of this government.
We are united against the Tories. But we should also be clear that we are not fighting the individuals that comprise this government, or even Tory rule. We completely oppose the entire reactionary agenda of this government.
This means opposing it root and branch in terms of all its attacks, coming to the defence of all working people and those suffering discrimination and counterposing progressive policies of our own to the Tories’ extreme right-wing agenda.
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