GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted

MPs back measure for 66-year-olds but it won't end suffering, groups say

FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement

Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS

JOHN WIGHT pays tribute to the day in history when Randolph Turpin dealt the world of boxing an almighty blow

England survived a thrilling Azteca encounter, but the stadium and its supporters created one of the tournament’s defining nights, writes JAMES NALTON

The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP

Including races at Newmarket, York and Ascot

ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives

PAUL FOLEY revels in the coolest, most joyful piece of theatre you’ll get this summer

Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?  

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

Snippets of news from the sporting world with Jamie J

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

More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains

We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT

ALEX HALL treasures a meticulous examination of international institutions that have given in to Israeli pressure during their still unfolding campaign of genocide

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

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

PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme

Labour’s toxic centrists have wealthy backers but there’s little to suggest they can win over MPs or party members in an open fight, writes SOLOMON HUGHES

KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana

The future does not have to be climate chaos and social breakdown. MARC VANDEPITTE looks at the alternatives offered by the Global Justice Report, co-authored by Thomas Piketty

JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza

Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko about the PM-in-waiting, the threat of Reform and the radical change of direction this country needs

Record-breaking champion steps away to fight for future of Para sport

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Snippets of news from the sporting world 

by Rosie Jackson

CLAUDIA WEBBE says the horrific price British patients will pay for this NHS deal is now clear — and there’s time to get out of it, if MPs will only force the issue

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to US saxophonist CAROLINE KRAABEL

CJ ATKINS takes a closer look at Trump’s recent spate of red-baiting speeches and asks why the authoritarian president is running scared

JOHN McINALLY sees little chance of change at Westminster, and calls on the left to get serious about building a real alternative

RAMZY BAROUD assesses the notable shift of US public opinion away from a carte blanche for Israel’s actions in the Middle East

With the centenary of the UN Slavery Convention upon us, ROGER McKENZIE argues much needs to be done to rid us of all its contemporary manifestations

Israel angered after US president lifts sanctions on Turkey, opening way for potential sale of F-35 fighter jets

Unions and climate activists pressure government to consider legislation for maximum working temperature

Pochettino says ‘politics and manipulation’ overshadowed the football

KEVIN DONNELLY suggests that the task of transforming cultural spaces is far from over and that photography still has a key role to play

RITA DI SANTO talks to Scottish-Irish filmmaker MARK COUSINS about his new panorama of world cinema The Story of Documentary Film

ALAN MORRISON welcomes a new collection from the most imaginative and committed ecopoet of our time

CAL McBRIDE relishes the lyrical truth of an unstable identity in an over-tidy and conventional social realist treatment

KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how

SEVIM DAGDELEN says European Nato states are escalating ever closer to direct conflict with a nuclear power, and sacrificing welfare states built up over a century to finance it

The social base of the old Tory Party has disappeared as surely as that of Labour, argues ANDREW MURRAY – today’s right are the debased offspring of a capitalism that speculates without investing and profits without producing

US President says he lobbied Infantino over ban as Uefa warns move ‘crossed a red line’

A new documentary recalls the unmatched rivalry between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, but it is also an honest and intimate look at their unlikely off-court friendship and shared battle with cancer, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

MATTHEW HAWKINS checks out the centenary performance of Rambert Dance Company

Snippets of news from the sporting world with JAMIE J

New releases from Shearwater, Florry, and Navy Blue

IAN SINCLAIR examines the curious memory lapses across liberal media when it comes to British government crimes

STEPHEN ARNELL looks at some of the notorious political corruption cases from British history

ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it
 

ARTHUR WEST surveys the achievements of the Scottish campaign against South African apartheid and how we can draw on them to fight a rising far right

History suggests apartheid ends not through appeals to conscience alone but through sustained economic and political pressure, says HUGH LANNING

Football may not solve the working class’s problems, but it does matter — and politicians know it, writes BERT SHOUWENBURG

Socialists, feminists and trade unionists gathered in Manchester to launch a network committed to evidence-based activism with a renewed emphasis on class and collective struggle. ANNA BARRETT reports

As the US marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, the People’s World Editorial Collective argues that the real legacy of 1776 lies not in official celebrations but in centuries of popular struggles to make democracy a reality for all

News from the sporting world with Jamie J

ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an entertaining, useful guide to the threats and promises of mathematical rationality

GAVIN O’TOOLE is enthralled by the colourful portrait of a woman who pioneered a path into the tough, magical world of journalism

STEVE ANDREW appreciates the unusual story of a family childhood spent on the run from the state and its police

JENNIE WALSH reviews an urgent political intervention by physicist Carlo Rovelli at a time of escalating militarisation and war

By making it simpler to support workers in struggle, Strike Map’s new Solidarity Fund aims to strengthen strikes when they need it most, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER

Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis, writes ANDREA RODRIGUEZ

ANSELM ELDERGILL explains why the rule of law is fundamental to our liberty and welfare

Marking milestones in the histories of China and the United States, this week offers a chance to examine two very different visions of the international order, says CARLOS MARTINEZ

Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE

Thousands of remarkable Britons left ordinary lives behind to join the struggle against Franco. Here is a snapshot of those who answered the call

JAMES NALTON previews the Three Lions' round of 16 clash against the co-hosts in Mexico City

The present drive to war is a cynical and deliberate diversion from deteriorating living standards, argues MATT KERR

STEVE JOHNSON speaks to London singer/songwriter MADDY CARTY

In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party

CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class

Government's plan means ‘extra cash for war and overseas interventions, but less for schools and hospitals,’ Unison general secretary Andrea Egan warns

MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness! 

ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists

In his fortnightly column MARK SEDDON reflects on the death of Major Oak and why such ancient trees matter to us

The world’s largest communist party marked its 105th birthday this week — and remains true to its principles and firm in its course, says OLIVER VARGAS

Driven by anti-fascism and anger at Britain’s policy of non-intervention, thousands volunteered to fight in the Spanish civil war. Historian RICHARD BAXELL reflects on their sacrifices and enduring significance

Historical shame prevents the International Brigades and those Spaniards who supported the Republic from being properly recognised and honoured, writes NOELIA SANCHEZ

MAXINE PEAKE says the warnings of the International Brigades ring true today

From the battlefields of Spain to today’s campaigns for peace and justice, the spirit of the International Brigades continues to inspire international solidarity across the labour movement, says MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS

HELEN OCLEE-BROWN on keeping alive the memory and spirit of the Brigaders

RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey explains why his union is proud of its members who fought in Spain

ALEX GORDON applauds the leading role played by Harry Pollitt and the Communist Party in the fight against fascism in Spain and salutes the memory of the International Brigades

The evacuation of thousands of Basque children became a landmark act of compassion during the Spanish civil war, write SIMON MARTINEZ and MANUEL MORENO

JIM JUMP describes how artists in Britain rallied to the anti-fascist cause