John Newsinger cuts through our rulers’ tears for the British dead in Afghanistan. Here he exposes the corrupt narco regime imposed by the West
Phil Chamberlain, co-author of new book Blacklisted: the secret war between big business and union activists, writes on workers' resistance and the impact of the bosses' blacklist
Raymie Kiernan reports from Scottish Labour’s special conference in Edinburgh
Vincent Sung looks at the contradictions in Hong Kong’s Umbrella movement and some of the challenges it faces in the future
As the Green Party gathers for its spring conference in Liverpool, the party is still riding on its recent boost in support.
The 30th anniversary of the 1984/85 miners’ strike has reconnected millions of us who took part in that great struggle. And it is inspiring younger people to fight back today.
Judith Orr warns that the anti-abortionists’ latest sneaky attempt to undermine women’s right to choose won’t be the last
Activist and filmmaker Anita Khana writes from Johannesburg as the ANC turns on its radical opponents
The Stonewall Riots of 1969 heralded the birth of the fight for LGBT liberation in the US and Britain says Ellie May.
John Parrington says antibiotic research needs proper state funding to remove the threat of dangerous industry practices
Anti-racist activist Jules El-Khatib talks about organising against Germany’s new Islamophobic protest group Pegida
Charlie Hebdo is a strange combination—a left wing paper that’s become notorious for its racist attacks on Muslims.
