A new generation of right-wing politicians have shifted from promoting deregulation to championing anti-migrant politics warns SOLOMON HUGHES
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United, the left can win
SAM BROWSE on the lessons of the recent Labour NEC elections
WINNERS: (Above) Mish Rahman, in white jacket, with supporters
by the Greater Manchester Workers’ and Tenants’ Association
The US relationship with Israel has evolved into a strategic liability, argues RAMZY BAROUD
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
Claiming to ease a fertiliser shortage, the Trump administration has suspended tariffs on Moroccan phosphate imports – deepening US support for the Morocco’s control over Sahrawi territory, writes LUKE ROTELLO
ON FRIDAY, the Labour Party announced the results of the recent elections to the national executive committee. They prove there is still a huge appetite in the party for an explicitly socialist politics that puts people before profit, tackles the climate emergency and has a serious plan for protecting public health and defending living standards in the wake of the covid pandemic.
The elections also provide an important lesson to the left on the centrality of unity in successfully arguing for this agenda in the party.
In the Youth Representative election, the left-wing incumbent, Lara McNeil, deservedly sailed to victory with 61 per cent of the vote, having established herself as a formidable critic of the Tories and a strong voice for young members on the NEC.
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