In a sea of centrist dross, try the Labour Left Podcast Despite mainstream political podcasts drowning in centrist drivel, Labour Left Podcast offers an authentic grassroots perspective from decades of working-class struggle and resistance, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Friday 06th Dec 2024 US blockade tightens its grip on Venezuela The new ‘Bolivar’ Act expands the brutal sanctions programme as the Trump team signals a return to aggressive regime change and foreign mercenaries plot insurrection and assassination, writes TIM YOUNG
Thursday 05th Dec 2024 Ireland’s rotten old order clings to power Despite plummeting living standards and multiple crises in housing, education and health, another Fianna Fail-Fine Gael coalition approaches after an election with low turnout and no breakthrough for the left, writes NICK WRIGHT
Thursday 05th Dec 2024 Ukraine crisis: we must stop this madness The use of long-range weapons marks a terrifying escalation as Biden and Starmer ignore the growing calls for peace from ordinary Ukrainians and Russians in favour of more carnage, writes SOPHIE BOLT
Thursday 05th Dec 2024 The biggest petition: the Chartists’ demand for the vote, April 1848 Forget Farage and the recent daft demands for a new election against Labour: the greatest petition Britain has ever known gathered millions of names demanding the right to vote — and it didn’t work either, writes KEITH FLETT
Thursday 05th Dec 2024 Salford deserves an International Brigade monument JACK YOUD explains why local activists and trade unionists are raising funds to honour the city’s volunteers who fought for liberty in Spain
Wednesday 04th Dec 2024 Science and Society A laser focus Rox Middleton, Liam Shaw and Miriam Gauntlett look at the history of lasers, from cat toys to modelling the explosion of stars
Wednesday 04th Dec 2024 Working-class unity and the new deal: the next steps Communications Workers Union general secretary DAVE WARD says combatting a resurgent far right means uniting the working class behind a positive vision for change – with collective bargaining at its heart
Wednesday 04th Dec 2024 Don’t just blame it on Rio Two recent high-level meetings between British and Chinese leaders have sparked controversy in the capitalist media but for all the wrong reasons, writes KENNY COYLE
Wednesday 04th Dec 2024 Getting into bed with BlackRock – at what cost? Keir Starmer’s BlackRock enthusiasm is a clear give-away for Tory continuity plans, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Tuesday 03rd Dec 2024 Voices of Scotland SNP unites with the rich on farm tax The super-rich falsely claim inheritance tax changes will devastate small farmers, while millionaire landowners continue enjoying numerous tax advantages — why is the SNP supporting this nonsense, asks RICHARD LEONARD
