While the media have focussed obsessively on this almost non-existent “Labour antisemitism”, relatively little attention has been paid to the growing number of anti-Jewish attacks, which are part of a rise in all forms of racism across the world.
Regional elections in two parts of Italy, Emilia Romagna and Calabria were held on Sunday January 26. They were seen as posing a big challenge to the government if Salvini’s Lega (League, formerly Northern League) won. Dave Kellaway looks at what happened and its implications.
Orwell’s greatest contribution is his brilliant dissection of both fascist and Stalinist totalitarian regimes through Animal Farm and 1984 along with Homage to Catalonia on his experiences in the Spanish Civil War.
Leon Cremieux of the NPA analyses the movement in France after day of strikes and massive demonstrations on 24 January.
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.
Protests have erupted across India, in perhaps the most extensive challenge to the Modi government since it came to power in 2014. The spark was the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act which introduces discriminatory religious qualifications into citizenship laws.
Phil Hearse argues that the Blairite Right and Lexit Left are drawing all the wrong conclusions from the general election.
The imperial legacy has been the great weakness of the English working class, and as the Morning Star demonstrates with its alarming enthusiasm for English patriotism, also for its labour movement.
Pip Hinman in Sydney reports how the devastating fires have exposed the government’s failure to respond to the climate emergency.
