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A new Chilean film is a gripping tale of the manhunt for Pablo Neruda, but it doesn’t bring out the full richness of the Communist poet, writes Mario Nain

Multimillionaire peers are claiming up to £40,000 a year in expenses for attending the House of Lords while making little or no contributions to debates, committees or questions.

A sharp argument within the Bolshevik party stopped it from supporting imperialist war—and helped push the revolution forward

Protests in South Africa have rocked the state and could topple the president, writes Charlie Kimber

Stories from the resistance to police violence in France, and solid strikes by Irish transport workers fighting pay cuts

The fight to stop cuts in schools is escalating. Three groups of teachers struck in London last week against funding cuts. More NUT union members in other schools are balloting for strikes against cuts. And parents are organising against the Tories’ so called fair funding formula

A vicious racist attack in Croydon, south London, has left a young refugee with a fractured skull, a fractured spine and a blood clot on his brain.

The Tories’ tax and benefit changes from April will hit the poorest the hardest

Most ordinary people are genuinely horrified by what happened—but much of the media’s reaction is disgustingly hypocritical

The SNP can’t be relied on to launch a second independence referendum, let alone win it

The world’s imperialist powers are arguing about how to turn a massacre in Syria with poison gas to their advantage—and make the lot of Syrians even worse.

Nothing good can come of putting nation before class