SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
THE decision of the British people to leave the EU in 2016 was a shock to the ruling class as represented by big business, the senior Civil Service, government and banking.
The government of the day had the support of the majority of trade unions, which publicly spoke up for Remain in spite of the views of many of their members.
Since that majority decision, certain sections of the left have set about vilifying those who voted Leave.
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
In the run-up to the Communist Party congress in November ROB GRIFFITHS outlines a few ideas regarding its participation in the elections of May 2026
TONY CONWAY assesses the lessons of the 1930s and looks at what is similar, and what is different, about the rise of the far right today
The left must avoid shouting ‘racist’ and explain that the socialist alternative would benefit all



