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MARY DAVIS says the centrality of the Jewish community and the Communist Party to anti-fascism in the 1930s is too often overlooked on the left
There must be more to politics than this
In the aftermath of the local and Euro elections, JOE GILL talks to the Greens and left parties about building a radical alternative
A 1936 confrontation with Mosley’s BUF became part of a wider international struggle, with local activists later joining the fight against fascism in the Spanish civil war. TONY FOX tells the story ahead of a 90th anniversary commemoration event
GEORGE WHITE explains why Unite’s Lancashire area activists committee believes co-ordinated recruitment in an area defined by particular kinds of employment and linked by a major transport artery could provide a model for organising the unorganised
Voters have delivered a stay of execution for Labour and exposed limits to Reform’s advance. But will Burnham offer a political alternative rather than just a different face at the top, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Calls for a Universal Basic Income are a red herring, argues the Full Marx editorial team — socialists should fight for Universal Basic Services
SEVIM DAGDELEN warns that Germany’s military resurgence and revival of old hostilities towards Russia have dangerous implications for Europe and beyond
WATCHING the news during last month’s local and Euro elections it was easy to get the impression that the only option for voters who wanted to reject the mainstream parties was Nigel Farage’s so-called “People’s Army” of right-wing nationalists.
But this misleading perception ignores the fact that Ukip got nowhere in Labour inner-city heartlands in London, the north and the Midlands.
In the local elections Labour gained 330 seats, more than double Ukip’s gains, and made a net gain of five councils with triumphs in London where the party won back Tory flagship council Hammersmith & Fulham.
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