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The Covid crisis in universities: voices from the frontline

The new term has seen universities plunged into Covid-chaos. John Westmoreland spoke to UCU activists about what’s happening and the action we need

Starmer’s road leads to disaster: the left urgently needs a new direction

A left in thrall to Starmer's Labour risks irrelevance, argues Chris Nineham

US torn by crises as election looms

Ahead of the US elections, John Clarke considers the balance of forces, the dangers of a second Trump term and the intensifying crisis whatever the outcome

Workers are fighting back - news from the frontline

The first of a fortnightly digest rounding up the stories of working people getting organised and fighting back

Donald Trump is no 'peace president'

Trump is once again claiming he has an anti-war foreign policy in his election campaign, but his record doesn't back it up, argues Chris Nineham

From Nixon to Trump: Lessons of the 1968 election

As Trump looks to shore up populism for his re-election during the BLM upsurge, Sean Ledwith draws upon parallels with 1968

10 points against the unsafe return to campuses

Dragan Plavšić considers the growing opposition to universities re-opening as infection rates rise

The testing fiasco is just the start: we need to fight for a proper response - CounterBlast

Real preparations for the second wave must be the demanded of the whole movement, writes Chris Nineham

Assange extradition trial: The prosecution's case does not hold water

The prosecution perform mental gymnastics to avoid accusations that they are criminalising journalists, says John Rees

China: a socialist force for good or an imperial superpower in the making? An historical evaluation - long read

Dragan Plavšić considers what China’s modern history tells us about the nature of the Chinese state today

Barnier vs Johnson: the left needs them both to lose

There’s much to say about this week’s Brexit news and, as ever, much of the commentary misses the point, argue Reuben Bard-Rosenberg and Martin Hall

Campuses and Coronavirus: students head to universities despite rising R rate - CounterBlast

As we head into a second wave, students and academic staff must put pressure on the government and university management to keep people safe, argues Lucy Nichols

The Covid crisis in universities: voices from the frontline

The new term has seen universities plunged into Covid-chaos. John Westmoreland spoke to UCU activists about what’s happening and the action we need

Starmer’s road leads to disaster: the left urgently needs a new direction

A left in thrall to Starmer's Labour risks irrelevance, argues Chris Nineham

US torn by crises as election looms

Ahead of the US elections, John Clarke considers the balance of forces, the dangers of a second Trump term and the intensifying crisis whatever the outcome

Workers are fighting back - news from the frontline

The first of a fortnightly digest rounding up the stories of working people getting organised and fighting back

Donald Trump is no 'peace president'

Trump is once again claiming he has an anti-war foreign policy in his election campaign, but his record doesn't back it up, argues Chris Nineham

From Nixon to Trump: Lessons of the 1968 election

As Trump looks to shore up populism for his re-election during the BLM upsurge, Sean Ledwith draws upon parallels with 1968

10 points against the unsafe return to campuses

Dragan Plavšić considers the growing opposition to universities re-opening as infection rates rise

The testing fiasco is just the start: we need to fight for a proper response - CounterBlast

Real preparations for the second wave must be the demanded of the whole movement, writes Chris Nineham

Assange extradition trial: The prosecution's case does not hold water

The prosecution perform mental gymnastics to avoid accusations that they are criminalising journalists, says John Rees

China: a socialist force for good or an imperial superpower in the making? An historical evaluation - long read

Dragan Plavšić considers what China’s modern history tells us about the nature of the Chinese state today

Barnier vs Johnson: the left needs them both to lose

There’s much to say about this week’s Brexit news and, as ever, much of the commentary misses the point, argue Reuben Bard-Rosenberg and Martin Hall

Campuses and Coronavirus: students head to universities despite rising R rate - CounterBlast

As we head into a second wave, students and academic staff must put pressure on the government and university management to keep people safe, argues Lucy Nichols

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