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
When you open sluice gates nasty stuff flows out
Last week’s EHRC statement on anti-semitism in Labour is based on flawed premises and has led to an undemocratic enforcement of ideological purity within the party, writes MIKE CUSHMAN of Jewish Voice for Labour
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
LAST week the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) gave the Labour Party a “clean bill of health” on dealing with anti-semitism.
Its statement is based on two falsehoods and has led to a growing crisis of party democracy.
First, that there was a major problem of anti-semitism to be cured.
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