From May 4 your weekend paper will go up in price by 10p. Here's why Editor BEN CHACKO explains that despite rising print sales our costs have still risen sharply ahead of income over the past couple of years
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Centuries of struggle in Britain’s countryside: Campaigning for the right to roam before and after the Kinder Scout trespass The Manchester Young Communist League discusses the Kinder Scout Trespass in the context of centuries of class struggle over land access, and why activists are continuing that struggle today
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Workers' Memorial Day 2024 Firefighters are being left to die There is now proof from the highest bodies that we are exposed to contaminants, cancers and diseases, and die from them at a far higher rate than the general public, but no action is being taken to support us, writes COLIN BROWN
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Workers' Memorial Day 2024 For rail, minimum service levels could be deadly Aslef general secretary MICK WHELAN warns that any attempt to run trains with a skeleton crew due to the outrageous stipulations of the Tories’ anti-strike Bill could easily lead to a disastrous loss of life
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Tory class policies delivered millions into poverty and destitution PADDY LILLIS makes the case for voting Labour at the next general election
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Let the left embrace a world in mutiny The Marxist politician who led the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB) during its unprecedented rise from 2008 to 2021, PETER MERTENS, speaks to Ben Chacko about how the European left can regain its vision and its base in the working class
Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Workers' Memorial Day 2024 Protecting workers' health must become a priority JON TRICKETT calls for a renewed commitment to driving up safety standards in all workplaces
Friday 26th Apr 2024 Osteoporosis services are in a ‘chronic state’ When over-fifties fracture bones from minor falls, scanning could show if they have this debilitating condition, and steps can be taken to treat it. Major delays and lack of scanners means this isn’t happening properly, writes RUTH HUNT
Friday 26th Apr 2024 Elites in the global North are scared to talk about Palestine While people across the world have been taking bold action in support of Palestine, the global North ruling class has used all tools at its disposal to support Israel’s genocide and criminalise solidarity writes VIJAY PRASHAD
Friday 26th Apr 2024 The truth behind Labour’s plans to ‘renationalise’ rail One thing about an incoming Labour government looks great: taking the railways into public ownership. But we won’t actually own the trains, warns SOLOMON HUGHES
Friday 26th Apr 2024 After the revolution: the new Portugal takes shape Covering the revolt for East German television 50 years ago, JOHN GREEN witnessed first-hand how the revolution blossomed and withered, as anti-worker and reformist forces aligned to keep the Communist Party from power