After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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Defend and strengthen the trade union link
The left must be the strongest advocates of the unions’ essential bond with the Labour Party, writes MATT WILLGRESS
Trade union delegates take a vote
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
IN recent weeks, various media stories have sought to portray a big chasm between individual members of the Labour Party and trade unions.
Yet the votes and debates on the two issues much of the media were whipping up speculation about — the Green New Deal and Brexit — showed that the majority of affiliate and constituency Labour Party delegates were in very similar positions on these matters, and backing those adopted by the current Labour leadership.
Affiliates also proposed to conference 10 vital motions on a range of progressive issues, including on a socialist industrial strategy that can rebuild and transform Britain for the many not the few.
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The New York mayoral candidate has electrified the US public with policies of social justice and his refusal to be cowed. We can follow his example here, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
