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Protecting war criminals and torturers: the Tory bill and Starmer's shame

The passing of the Overseas Operations bill which Labour abstained on is a disservice to victims of torture and undermines international law, argues Lindsey German
Israel annexation of West Bank will be the final nail in the Oslo Accord

What the annexation would mean to Palestinians and Israelis and why we should oppose it, explains Sybil Cock
Coronavirus: a collective problem that needs a collective response

Capitalist competition is arresting the fight against Covid-19, argues Jamal Elaheebocus
UK's national scandal: time for accountability and change

In this thorough and damning account of the government's catastrophic failures dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Raisa Ahmed argues we cannot return to 'normal'
Lessons from the Spanish flu of 1919: internationalism and people before profit

Internationalism and collective action of the working people is the way to resolve pandemics argues John Westmoreland
6 steps toward rebuilding the left

Six practical and theoretical suggestions to build a broad, united and fighting left, by David McAllister
Now the real solidarity with Europe begins - weekly briefing

Lindsey German on class and internationalism
Another reason to protest Trump's visit: recognition of illegal Israeli settlements

Sybil Cock looks at the US's recognition of Israeli settlements, what this change represents and why it's another reason to protest Trump's visit
Bolivia: call it a coup, support the resistance

International solidarity is vital - the left must unite in condemning the coup against Morales, argues David Bush
Navigating the Zeitgeist: A Story of the Cold War, the New Left, Irish Republicanism, and International Communism - book review

The story of an active life during momentous times from the Cold War to the 1980s turns out to be more personal than resonating with the political, finds Jacqueline Mulhallen
Leave - Fight - Transform - founding statement

From Amazon warehouses to Belfast’s shipyards, workers are demanding a break — a break with the failed system of austerity, neoliberalism and capitalism
Resisting climate catastrophe: the kids are still leading the way

The school students' mass movement against manmade climate catastrophe has lost none of its vitality, reports Ellen Graubart
Why the EU is not internationalist

Seeing the EU as internationalist is a fundamental error rooted in a misdiagnosis of its aims and effects, argues Chris Nineham
Behind every ‘successful’ woman there’s another woman doing the work - weekly briefing

Feminism is a double-edged sword for those fighting for women’s liberation, argues Lindsey German
How activists are supporting Palestinian hunger strikers internationally

On the 69th anniversary of the Nakba and with 1,500 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Nourhan Ashraf Elsayed looks at how activists are showing solidarity
We are a nation. We decide: Catalonia calling

The aftershocks of Franco's Spain are re-emerging and clashing with 21st-century tensions, notes Chris Bambery
The new balance of forces: lessons from Saturday

As the old order stumbles, our side must embrace the internationalism that underpins anti-Trumpism, asserts Kevin Ovenden
Free movement: taking the arguments forward

Internationalism is the key to striking back against the bosses’ Brexit, asserts Cameron Panting
Internationalism can’t be sacrificed to keep the Labour right happy

Retreating over foreign policy will allow the right to regroup, argues John Rees
The EU is no friend to refugees

The EU is has a terrible record on it's treatment of refugees, argues Shabbir Lakha
A beacon of hope in dark times

Shabbir Lakha reports on the Convoy to Calais, which the French police shamefully turned back at the border
All roads lead to Calais

We need working class solidarity in support of the refugees - John Westmoreland reports on building the convoy in Doncaster
To stop the far right we must oppose the EU

Kevin Ovenden argues for an internationalist approach to the European crisis in the second half of a two-part series on the European question
Unions: the EU offers us nothing

Many trade unionists will be voting to leave the EU in the upcoming referendum. An ASLEF, BFAWU and RMT statement explains why
The England Squad: an imagined community of eleven named people

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football explores what the announcement of the Euro 2016 squad says about modern Englishness
Why the EU won't help workers

Staying in the European Union will increase the power of our rulers, which is why we need to leave, writes Richard Allday
Always in the front line

Women workers have been at the forefront of every new wave of struggle
Nation, class and battling Euro-austerity

Kevin Ovenden on the roles of nationalism and internationalism in Greece's struggle with European imposed austerity

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The passing of the Overseas Operations bill which Labour abstained on is a disservice to victims of torture and undermines international law, argues Lindsey German

What the annexation would mean to Palestinians and Israelis and why we should oppose it, explains Sybil Cock

Capitalist competition is arresting the fight against Covid-19, argues Jamal Elaheebocus

In this thorough and damning account of the government's catastrophic failures dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Raisa Ahmed argues we cannot return to 'normal'

Internationalism and collective action of the working people is the way to resolve pandemics argues John Westmoreland

Six practical and theoretical suggestions to build a broad, united and fighting left, by David McAllister

Lindsey German on class and internationalism

Sybil Cock looks at the US's recognition of Israeli settlements, what this change represents and why it's another reason to protest Trump's visit

International solidarity is vital - the left must unite in condemning the coup against Morales, argues David Bush

The story of an active life during momentous times from the Cold War to the 1980s turns out to be more personal than resonating with the political, finds Jacqueline Mulhallen

From Amazon warehouses to Belfast’s shipyards, workers are demanding a break — a break with the failed system of austerity, neoliberalism and capitalism

The school students' mass movement against manmade climate catastrophe has lost none of its vitality, reports Ellen Graubart

Seeing the EU as internationalist is a fundamental error rooted in a misdiagnosis of its aims and effects, argues Chris Nineham

Feminism is a double-edged sword for those fighting for women’s liberation, argues Lindsey German

On the 69th anniversary of the Nakba and with 1,500 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Nourhan Ashraf Elsayed looks at how activists are showing solidarity

The aftershocks of Franco's Spain are re-emerging and clashing with 21st-century tensions, notes Chris Bambery

As the old order stumbles, our side must embrace the internationalism that underpins anti-Trumpism, asserts Kevin Ovenden

Internationalism is the key to striking back against the bosses’ Brexit, asserts Cameron Panting

Retreating over foreign policy will allow the right to regroup, argues John Rees

The EU is has a terrible record on it's treatment of refugees, argues Shabbir Lakha

Shabbir Lakha reports on the Convoy to Calais, which the French police shamefully turned back at the border

We need working class solidarity in support of the refugees - John Westmoreland reports on building the convoy in Doncaster

Kevin Ovenden argues for an internationalist approach to the European crisis in the second half of a two-part series on the European question

Many trade unionists will be voting to leave the EU in the upcoming referendum. An ASLEF, BFAWU and RMT statement explains why

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football explores what the announcement of the Euro 2016 squad says about modern Englishness

Staying in the European Union will increase the power of our rulers, which is why we need to leave, writes Richard Allday

Women workers have been at the forefront of every new wave of struggle

Kevin Ovenden on the roles of nationalism and internationalism in Greece's struggle with European imposed austerity