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'Today some lives seem more valued than others'

Experience tells us that this will be a testing time for the community. The media is in a frenzy.

Imperialist wars make terror inevitable

Much of the media was quick to declare Khalid Masood, who attacked people on Westminster bridge last Wednesday, an Islamist.

Divorce this sexist system

Two court rulings have trapped a woman in a “desperately unhappy” marriage after refusing to let her divorce her husband.

McGuinness went from rebel to minister

Rebels are often condemned in their lifetime and praised in death. Former Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader Martin McGuiness managed to receive the praise while still alive.

The best democracy that money can buy

Elections can be bought. While voters are no longer bought beer in rotten boroughs, the spending at elections is eye watering.

Labour’s right wing MPs won’t be beaten at their own game

So much has changed inside the Labour Party, and yet so little.

Hammond's national insurance climbdown exposed Tory weaknesses

Tory chancellor Philip Hammond has shown that the Tories are for turning.

The real national insurance scandal is bogus self-employment

What’s the truth about the changes in national insurance contributions (NICs) for self-employed people?

Labour has to back Scottish independence, not just a second referendum

The Labour Party is trying to face two ways over Scottish independence—and the result will be disastrous.

Struggles in China pay off everywhere

Alex Callinicos writes on globalisation and how we can learn from struggles and victories around the world such as in China

We need bold politics to beat the racist right

Racist lies dominate much of mainstream politics. But wide sections of the population are repulsed by the lurch to the right of those at the top.

Famine and crisis fuelled by the West

The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the end of the Second World War.

We need to fight for new referendum on Scottish independence

Theresa May has set herself on a collision course with everyone who wants an independent Scotland

Trump, Obama and Watergate—how struggle from below can force crisis at the top

US president Donald Trump has accused former president Barack Obama of bugging his home in the penthouse of Trump Tower during the presidential election campaign

The SWP, TUSC and Labour—how do we take on the Tories?

A left electoral challenge to Labour at the moment would be a barrier to building broader resistance to the Tories

Defend women's right to choose

The Daily Mail newspaper launched an attack on abortion rights this week. Its front page on Monday raged against Marie Stopes charity doctors for approving abortions “for women they have never even met”.

Shape the revolts to give the Tories a kicking

In the first ten weeks of 2017, more than 400,000 people across Britain have joined demonstrations against US president Donald Trump, racism and attacks on the health service.

Theresa May’s stitch-up over Brexit could unravel

Since the Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central by-elections last week, the media have paused in their condemnations of Jeremy Corbyn only to sing the praises of Theresa May.