IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
An unbearable truth
Israel's apologists are trembling before a resurgent Labour left, says HILARY WISE. We can't let them set the agenda on anti-semitism
Why the rage? Margaret Hodge
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
THOSE of us who have been campaigning for years on Palestinian rights have become used to a lot of mudslinging, blatant lies and personal threats.
But the quantity and tone of the attacks on the left of the party, on Jeremy Corbyn personally and on long-term activists on Palestine have now reached industrial proportions. Even the most battle-hardened have quailed in the face of the onslaught.
The received wisdom is that the Establishment, including the mainstream media and the right wing of the Labour Party, have teamed up with ardent apologists for Israel’s policies in order to silence Israel’s critics and ensure a continuation of “centrist” neoliberal politics.
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