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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
Peace, bread and land are as relevant today as in 1917
The Star reprints MARTIN LEVYs speech from Sundays Communist Party executive committee meeting
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
SEVIM DAGDELEN warns that Germany’s military resurgence and revival of old hostilities towards Russia have dangerous implications for Europe and beyond
MATT KERR takes stock of a night of by-elections, where the long repeated warnings for Labour and the political class remain stubbornly unheeded
Trump Is Building a Legal and Military Architecture to Invade Latin America. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Despite forming most of Britain’s trade union membership, women continue to endure harassment, inequality and minimal support for their sex-based rights, warns VALERIE COULTAS
SATURDAY’S London conference, organised by the Russian Revolution Centenary Committee, was a tremendously powerful celebration of everything that the October Revolution stood for, inspiring us to fight and win the battles of today.
The slogan that moved the Russian masses to establish Soviet power was “Peace, Bread and Land.” The world is much more complex now.
Yet peace remains a critical issue and, as in 1917, the major threat to it is from imperialism.
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