Disabled people should not pay for Trump’s war drive In advance of the Socialism or Barbarism day school on March 29, Arise Festival’s SAM BROWSE writes on why we must oppose the cuts to welfare and the drive to war
Monday 24th Mar 2025 Return of Trump sees unprecedented attacks against Cuba The US Republican administration has wasted no time in tightening the economic vice on the Caribbean island, with State Department officials making it clear that the aggression is only just beginning, writes NATASHA HICKMAN
Monday 24th Mar 2025 Glasgow’s visitor levy is a start – but what next? While the council can generate much-needed income with this new charge, making the city sustainable and affordable for its all-important workers needs a wider approach that’s not just focused on tourism, writes IAN MacCORQUODALE
Monday 24th Mar 2025 Disabled by cuts Any positives from the government’s green paper proposals are vastly overshadowed by the scale of the cuts to vulnerable low-income households, argues JENNY RATHBONE MS
Saturday 22nd Mar 2025 Our fight is far from over The regional conference of the TUC North East, Yorkshire and the Humber will be looking to set the agenda for a growing, diverse trade union movement, says JAY McKENNA
Saturday 22nd Mar 2025 Britain’s youth need jobs not bombs MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS agitates for British youth to engage in the fight for peace and the transfer of investment from armament to social programmes
Saturday 22nd Mar 2025 The crackdowns continue The arrest of Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is just the beginning as the Trump administration moves to silence students and union members who support Palestine, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Saturday 22nd Mar 2025 Welfare cuts: an injury to one is an injury to all With young people, the disabled and the elderly in Labour’s sights as ‘easy targets’ for cuts, the labour movement must remember it’s in the vital interests of us all to defend the groups being picked off, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Saturday 22nd Mar 2025 Of the people, for the people, by the people LUKE FLETCHER fleshes out Plaid Cymru's plan for the revitalisation of Wales's economy
Saturday 22nd Mar 2025 Syria's nightmare: the view from the country's communists Ben Chacko asks NIZAR TRABULSI of the now banned Syrian Communist Party (Unified) to explain the country's turbulent, and violent, post-Assad scene
Saturday 22nd Mar 2025 Could China's rise be Britain's opportunity? From renewable tech to alternatives to the dollar, BEN CHACKO was encouraged by an optimistic meeting held by the China Media Group this week