MARY DAVIS says the centrality of the Jewish community and the Communist Party to anti-fascism in the 1930s is too often overlooked on the left
Towards a ‘People’s Plan’
Labour members are organising to take the fight to the Tories and to unite around a series of demands for real change, write the LABOUR AGAINST AUSTERITY team
A 1936 confrontation with Mosley’s BUF became part of a wider international struggle, with local activists later joining the fight against fascism in the Spanish civil war. TONY FOX tells the story ahead of a 90th anniversary commemoration event
GEORGE WHITE explains why Unite’s Lancashire area activists committee believes co-ordinated recruitment in an area defined by particular kinds of employment and linked by a major transport artery could provide a model for organising the unorganised
Voters have delivered a stay of execution for Labour and exposed limits to Reform’s advance. But will Burnham offer a political alternative rather than just a different face at the top, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Calls for a Universal Basic Income are a red herring, argues the Full Marx editorial team — socialists should fight for Universal Basic Services
SEVIM DAGDELEN warns that Germany’s military resurgence and revival of old hostilities towards Russia have dangerous implications for Europe and beyond
THIS week’s announcement from Rishi Sunak about how the government would move on from the furlough scheme was too little, too late and it will not stop a jobs and living standards catastrophe on a scale many of us have never experienced before.
As John McDonnell tweeted on Thursday, “it’s clear from Sunak’s announcement today that the Tories are willing to countenance large numbers of job losses [and] clearly they believe it’s a price worth paying.”
As the former shadow chancellor also added: “This is archaic economics when a Marshall-style plan is needed from government to aim for a full employment economy.”
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