Global Behemoths: How shadow banks govern our lives

Bryn Jones on casino capitalism The Global Casino: How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet by Ann Pettifor published by Verso  The casino is...

Shredding Immigrants’ rights

Don Flynn says Mahmood’s immigration policy turns sharply to the right and marks an end to fairness of any kind “Firm but Fair” served the Labour...

From Donroe to Doomsday?

Bryn Jones on a history lesson for Donald Trump Have Trump’s belligerence in the Americas and his alliance with Israel to desolate Iran been shows...

Trump’s trade war and (not) allying with Europe

Paul Teasdale questions why the PM keeps making poor economic policy decisions in his pursuit of right-wing voters At the start of 2026, Starmer wanted...

Ancient history?

Gill Bennett on the Cold War from the Soviet perspective The World of the Cold War 1945-1991 by Vladislav Zubok published by Penguin Do we really...

Editorial 340

Looking into the abyss Just when opinion was shifting towards Starmer in sympathy with his opposition to Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran, the Mandelson farrago blew...

Trump’s trade war and (not) allying with Europe

Paul Teasdale questions why the PM keeps making poor economic policy decisions in his pursuit of right-wing voters At the start of 2026, Starmer wanted...

After the two party system

Trevor Fisher on why the left needs to wake up to the implications of the collapse of the two party system It is clear that...

CAN OUR LIBERTIES LAST?

Victor Anderson argues that the threats from the Right are not really about “Culture Wars” The British Constitution is a peculiar thing. There are some...

New Israeli genocide in Lebanon

Andy Gregg says Lebanon crisis is marked by complete Israeli impunity The recent invasion by the Israeli army into Southern Lebanon and their cynical bombing...
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Uxbridge not a bellwether

In the wake of the Uxbridge by-election Bryn Jones says Labour’s wobbling on green policies will not win it any votes

Driscoll affair echoes Livingstone

Will Jamie Driscoll’s departure be a repeat of the Livingstone London mayor fiasco? asks Trevor Fisher

Labour’s National Policy Forum must back proportional representation

The vast majority of CLPs support it, as do two-thirds of affiliated trade unions. So, will the NPF accept the case for PR? Maximilian Czekalski explains why it should

No time to stay silent

Margaret Owen asks why Starmer is ignoring the obvious ways to win the women’s vote

Setting the world on fire

Patrick Costello argues the Iran war signals need for European autonomy On 9 April, Pakistan had seemingly succeeded in brokering a temporary ceasefire to Trump...

On aggressive Zionism

Mike Scott-Baumann on Zionism and conflict A Forever War: Israel, Palestine and the Struggles for Statehood by Colin Schindler published by Swift Press Colin Shindler’s new...

Our International History 19

Schapper was born in Weinbach in Germany in 1812, the son of a priest. A radical student, studying forestry, he was involved in an...

Reform reality

Cat Smith finds higher taxes, banned flags, chaos and care in crisis is the real world of Reform The English local elections of May 2025...