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RCN solidarity march in central London, January 2023. Photo: Flickr/Steve Eason

Say it loud: there’s a left wing majority in this country – weekly briefing

John White, British Cinema and a Divided Nation (Edinburgh University Press, 2023), 264pp.

British Cinema and a Divided Nation – book review

Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee, Race to the Bottom: Reclaiming Antiracism (Pluto Press 2022), 192pp.

Race to the Bottom: Reclaiming Antiracism – book review

Andrew Murray, Is Socialism Possible in Britain? Reflections on the Corbyn Years (Verso 2022), 272pp

Is Socialism Possible in Britain? Reflection on the Corbyn Years – book review

King Charles III hosts a reception at Buckingham Palace for Heads of State and overseas visitors. Source: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office – Flickr / cropped form original / shared under license CC BY-NC 2.0

Crown and capital: a marriage made by money

John Westmoreland

President Biden addressing the Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Source: Houses of Oireachtas – Flickr / cropped from original / shared under license CC BY 2.0

Biden in the green turns the Orangemen blue

Good Friday Agreement. Photo: Diego Sideburns / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The Good Friday Agreement: A promise unfulfilled

Ralph Darlington, Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14 (Pluto 2023), ix, 336pp.

Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14 – book review

Paris protest. Photo: Jean-Marc Mauran

France and Britain: a tale of two revolts – weekly briefing

Gary Lineker Fulham FC event 2020. Photo: Flickr / MG_HF_Football Training_29 / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

BBC loses the plot

Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen. Photo: Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Street / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Union blues over red and green lanes

Metropolitan police in riot gear, London. Photo: Bob Bob / Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Spy epidemic against the left