Independent surge: where next for the left? Former North of Tyne mayor JAMIE DRISCOLL outlines his vision for a new progressive movement, highlighting the need for infrastructure and skills to turn popular policies into electoral success
Features | Saturday 07th Sep 2024 The Grenfell disaster was made in Downing Street — it cannot happen again
Saturday 07th Sep 2024 Latin America’s left offers us a blueprint for transforming society Labour NEC member JESS BARNARD hails the wave of progressive victories across the continent, looking at how governments from Brazil to Mexico are rolling back neoliberalism and improving millions of lives
Saturday 07th Sep 2024 Interview ‘Labour’s first mission is to grow the economy and the industrial strategy will be at its heart’ Ahead of TUC Congress, Berny Torre talks to general secretary PAUL NOWAK about the importance of making sure the first Labour government in 15 years delivers on the New Deal For Workers; reform of the broken universal credit system; and the tragedy of migrants drowning in the Channel
Saturday 07th Sep 2024 China’s remarkable transformation marks 75 years of socialist progress Despite relentless hostility, the People’s Republic of China has lifted millions out of poverty, and become a global leader in innovation and climate action, while pursuing peaceful development in a multipolar world, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Saturday 07th Sep 2024 TUC Congress 2024 If Labour wants to succeed, it must champion workers – starting with its own There is no stronger economy without the stronger wages that provide extra disposable income, which is why workers – including civil servants – must have their pay boosted in real terms, along with restored union rights and insourcing, says FRAN HEATHCOTE
Friday 06th Sep 2024 Striking project workers are changing Iran’s industrial landscape Metalworkers' leader MAZIAR GILANINEJAD talks to Codir about his union’s fight for better working conditions in the perilous oil and gas sector and the Iranian government's collusion with ‘oil mafia’ contractors
Friday 06th Sep 2024 The billions for Sizewell C show Labour’s shameful nuclear hypocrisy LINDA PENTZ GUNTER condemns Starmer’s willingness to let children go hungry and the elderly shiver while pouring billions into doomed nuclear projects that won’t address the climate crisis
Friday 06th Sep 2024 A cynical attempt to scapegoat workers We utterly reject the Scottish government’s pretence that wage claims in public services are the reason for savage spending cuts — raise taxes to pay workers better for better services, writes COLETTE HUNTER, of Unison Scotland
Friday 06th Sep 2024 From Grenfell to Versailles: the cosy club where corporate killers meet ministers SOLOMON HUGHES exposes how executives behind lethal cladding have pocketed £302 million since the tragedy, as Labour frontbenchers continue to schmooze at luxury conferences funded and organised by implicated firms
Thursday 05th Sep 2024 How Mexico crushed neoliberalism and the right Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America’s TIM YOUNG looks at Morena’s landslide, where rolling back privatisation, boosting welfare and reclaiming national resources has transformed the country and rallied huge support
Thursday 05th Sep 2024 Ben-Gvir’s holy war: how religious extremism is tearing Israel apart RAMZY BAROUD exposes the growing rift between Israel’s religious zealots and its security establishment, as Kahanist ideology and growing settler violence begin to destabilise the delicate balance of the occupation regime
