History suggests apartheid ends not through appeals to conscience alone but through sustained economic and political pressure, says HUGH LANNING
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Don’t consign Labour Party democracy to the history books
MIKE CUSHMAN asks what's behind Keir Starmer's war on ordinary Labour members
As the US marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, the People’s World Editorial Collective argues that the real legacy of 1776 lies not in official celebrations but in centuries of popular struggles to make democracy a reality for all
Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis, writes ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Socialists, feminists and trade unionists gathered in Manchester to launch a network committed to evidence-based activism with a renewed emphasis on class and collective struggle. ANNA BARRETT reports
By making it simpler to support workers in struggle, Strike Map’s new Solidarity Fund aims to strengthen strikes when they need it most, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Every day we get news of one or more constituency Labour parties defying the edicts of general secretary David Evans and insisting on debating issues of central importance to party members.
Almost every day we get news that one or more CLP officers have been suspended for allowing their members to debate.
The list of prohibited subjects steadily grows: the pay-offs to those named in the Panorama programme; the findings of the EHRC report; the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn; the removal of the whip from Jeremy Corbyn; votes of no confidence in David Evans; any discussion of any of these bans on free debate.
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