IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Britain’s communists prepare their biggest electoral campaign in generations
PAUL SIMON speaks to some of the 40-plus communist candidates about their policies, their campaigning methods and their reception from the public
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
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The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
“THAT we are fielding numbers of candidates unprecedented in recent decades is no accident.”
Robert Griffiths, general secretary of the Communist Party of Britain (CPB), believes that the number of seats being contested on May 6 is the direct result of the party being the only viable alternative to the increasing economic, environmental and social destruction that defines the capitalist system.
The party is actively campaigning in over 40 seats for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Senedd, London Assembly and various English county and district elections.
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