British Palestinians’ letter to Labour’s leadership candidates
The authors of the letter called on the Labour leadership candidates to defend our right to free speech to expose Israel’s horrendous treatment of Palestinians.
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Covid-19 crisis: issues facing workers
Richie Venton, SSP trade union organiser, looks at the issues that we need to fight for as the havoc neoliberalism coincides with the health crisis.
Pay the workers! Suspend rent and bill payments!
This pandemic starkly poses questions about austerity, profiteering, the control of production and distribution, housing, poverty and homelessness, writes Andy Stowe.
Coronavirus: how should the left and labour movement respond?
As the number of Coronavirus cases continues to rise, few political issues are discussed without reference to the virus and its impacts. writes Mark Findlay.
Greed – comedy with a kick
Andy Stowe reviews the film “Greed”, directed by Michael Winterbottom, and with Steve Coogan as McCreadie, a fashion mogul based on real-life billionaire Sir Philip Green.
Thirteen theses on the imminent ecological catastrophe and the (revolutionary) means of averting it
Michael Löwy argues that the ecological crisis is already the most important social and political question of the 21st century.
Syria: 9 years of struggle for democracy
As Bashar al-Assad brutally crushes the last areas in not under his control, Syrian socialist Joseph Daher gives this wide-ranging interview
Heroism of reason
Michael Lowy reviews “Memoirs of a Critical Communist” by Livio Maitan.
1917 reviewed
You can tell 1917 is an important film as I was able to watch it in my local cinema in a village in Carmarthenshire within a few days of its release, writes Geoff Ryan.
Defend the Corbyn project – elect the strongest continuity leadership team
As the Labour leadership contest unfolds, the Labour left must stay and fight, taking forward Corbyn’s message of resistance to the Tories, writes Veronica Fagan.
