Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
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DEREK WALL is mesmerised by a band that that makes radical politics its sole raison d'etre
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
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
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
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
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
Music divides the left but, to misquote Lenin, "without revolutionary music, there can be no revolutionary movement."
Many of my friends like folk music, but it isn't my thing. I have a colleague whose political views I respect but not his affection for the Irish boy band Westlife.
Many of the left take inspiration from Paul Robeson, who was both a wonderful singer and a socialist.
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