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The man chosen by key trade union leaders and many union members is now the leader of the Labour Party. And the one chosen by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair isn’t.

The fifth Viva Palestina convoy from Britain left London last Saturday. Hundreds of activists will join the convoy carrying medical aid to Gaza to beak the Israeli siege.

Workers, anti-cuts campaigners and community activists have poured into mass meetings in the last week as anger grows against the Tory cuts agenda.

French workers have shown their determination to block the attacks on their pensions by the right wing government of Nicolas Sarkozy. Millions of workers took part in a day of strikes and protests on Thursday.

Vince Cable's assault on "spivs and gamblers" in the City may have won him a standing ovation at the Lib Dem conference, but it has caused outrage at the Daily Mail and in the Confederation of British Industry. Is it time for Marxists to welcome Comrade Cable to our ranks?

Comrades in Coventry are sorry to report the death of Edmund Quinn earlier this month.

Protests broke out in Sweden after a fascist party won 20 seats in last week’s election.

Over 2,000 trade unionists gathered at the 100th anniversary festival of the strike by women chainmakers at Cradley Heath in the Black Country—including some in historical costume (see picture).

French workers were to hold a further general strike this week over pensions.p>

Venezuela goes to the polls on 26 September to elect members its National Assembly.

With just over a week to go to the protest in Birmingham, support is flooding in from across Britain.

The visit by Pope Benedict to Britain last week raised questions over how to take on right wing views and deal with religion.