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Lessons from the remarkable life of Paul Robeson – part 2

Paul Robeson's extraordinary life is a lesson to us today, writes Tayo Aluko

Lessons from the remarkable life of Paul Robeson - part 1

Paul Robeson's extraordinary life holds many lessons for the present day, writes Tayo Aluko

Flawed transition: why the Spanish state is repressing the Catalan independence movement

Chris Bambery explains that Spanish repression of the Catalan independence movement, and the impending trial of its leaders, is rooted in the concessions made to right-wing nationalism in aftermath of Franco’s dictatorship

The Centenary of the 1919 Race Riots

For Black History Month, we are reposting Madeline Heneghan's piece on the race riots of 1919

William Blake: prophet and seditionary

William Blake was above all else a revolutionary, writes Jacqueline Mulhallen

Power to the People

Democratic rights don’t fall from the sky, they are fought for and won, insists Alex Snowdon

Imperial calculations: why World War Two was declared 80 years ago today

Britain declared war on Germany not to fight fascism but to secure the interests of its own ruling class, writes Chris Bambery

How socialists should commemorate Peterloo

Peterloo presents us with unfinished business, argues John Westmoreland

Defending the Indefensible: the British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969

In deploying troops to Derry, Downing Street was propping up the Unionist government to shield itself from blame, argues Chris Bambery

Rise Like Lions: the politics of Shelley's Mask of Anarchy

200 years after it was penned, Jacqueline Mulhallen explores the politics of Shelley's great poem

The Battle of the Bogside

Marking its 50th anniversary, Vincent Doherty looks at one of the most significant episodes in modern Irish history

The women of Peterloo

We can learn from the inspirational struggle of working-class women against a violent and corrupt Tory government 200 years ago in our fight against the Tories today, argues Katherine Connelly

Lessons from the remarkable life of Paul Robeson – part 2

Paul Robeson's extraordinary life is a lesson to us today, writes Tayo Aluko

Lessons from the remarkable life of Paul Robeson - part 1

Paul Robeson's extraordinary life holds many lessons for the present day, writes Tayo Aluko

Flawed transition: why the Spanish state is repressing the Catalan independence movement

Chris Bambery explains that Spanish repression of the Catalan independence movement, and the impending trial of its leaders, is rooted in the concessions made to right-wing nationalism in aftermath of Franco’s dictatorship

The Centenary of the 1919 Race Riots

For Black History Month, we are reposting Madeline Heneghan's piece on the race riots of 1919

William Blake: prophet and seditionary

William Blake was above all else a revolutionary, writes Jacqueline Mulhallen

Power to the People

Democratic rights don’t fall from the sky, they are fought for and won, insists Alex Snowdon

Imperial calculations: why World War Two was declared 80 years ago today

Britain declared war on Germany not to fight fascism but to secure the interests of its own ruling class, writes Chris Bambery

How socialists should commemorate Peterloo

Peterloo presents us with unfinished business, argues John Westmoreland

Defending the Indefensible: the British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969

In deploying troops to Derry, Downing Street was propping up the Unionist government to shield itself from blame, argues Chris Bambery

Rise Like Lions: the politics of Shelley's Mask of Anarchy

200 years after it was penned, Jacqueline Mulhallen explores the politics of Shelley's great poem

The Battle of the Bogside

Marking its 50th anniversary, Vincent Doherty looks at one of the most significant episodes in modern Irish history

The women of Peterloo

We can learn from the inspirational struggle of working-class women against a violent and corrupt Tory government 200 years ago in our fight against the Tories today, argues Katherine Connelly