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If the working class is back, a united left fightback is all the more essential
Enough is Enough has given the left a tremendous shot in the arm, says ANDREW MURRAY – but unity across campaigns and unions is the only way to deliver success
BEYOND SOLIDARITY: Jeremy Corbyn (2nd left), Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry South and Mick Lynch, general secretary of theRMT on the picket line outside London Euston train station last Thursday
The world’s largest communist party marked its 105th birthday this week — and remains true to its principles and firm in its course, says OLIVER VARGAS
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
RAMZY BAROUD highlights how Israel’s ambassador sought to shut down UN officials documenting sexual violence and abuses against Palestinians
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
“THE working class is back.” So said RMT general secretary Mick Lynch at the recent rally launching the Enough is Enough campaign.
It is the most important declaration in British politics this year, maybe this century. In it lies the seeds of the only possible solution to the imposing range of crises besetting the country and the world.
Pedants might argue that the working class was there all the time. As a sociological category, true; as an active social force capable of shaping the destiny of society — Marx’s understanding of the matter — not so much.
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