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Culture: "If you are looking for a present for that film-loving friend check out the new Second Run Box Set of three of Hungarian director István Szabó’s best films."

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50 years since Franco; István Szabó

Some years ago I attended a conference in Valencia where a Spanish participant told me that in her village, on hearing the news of Franco’s demise, the celebrations were such that they ran out of…

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December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM

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Opinion: "The Greens have 175,000 members, a radical left programme, proper internal democracy, and an electoral base in the precarious urban working class. I have no idea what is going to happen - but neither do you."

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On the Greens: a response

For the first time in a hundred years, Labour’s monopoly on political representation for the left is breaking down. It is not difficult to explain why. On the one hand, the Corbyn moment in Labour…

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December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM

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"Since Trump’s second election, he’s determined to reestablish control over South America. He sees in Milei a key ally to establish American influence in the region."

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Argentina: Milei and the opposition

Daniela, a member now living in France of the international Trotskyist current Socialismo o Barbarie, and a former activist with its organisation in Argentina, Nuevo MAS, spoke at Ideas for Freedom.…

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December 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM

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Review of Hal Draper's history of early feminism and socialism.

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The pioneers of women’s liberation

Picture: Claire Lacombe Haymarket Press has recently published a collection of writings by Nancy Holmstrom (a long-time contributor to the US “Third Camp” socialist journals New Politics and Against…

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December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM

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Review. of 'The August Uprising, 1924: The Georgian Anti-Soviet Revolt and the Birth of Democratic Socialism' by Eric Lee.

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Was Menshevik Georgia a model?

Eric Lee’s The August Uprising, 1924: The Georgian Anti-Soviet Revolt and the Birth of Democratic Socialism deals with the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Georgia in 1921 and the lead-up to the…

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December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM

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It was with the aim of forestalling a further revival of Chartism that the first Christian Socialist group was formed.

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When socialism was proposed as the alternative to class struggle

In the article titled The Chartist workers” fight for knowledge (Solidarity 751), I set out to show that an important dimension of the Chartist movement was an aspiration towards “really useful…

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December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM

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Abridged from a pamphlet, “The First Three Socialist Internationals”, published in 1989. Though idiosyncratic in its slant on some points, this tells the story of the three large-scale efforts so far to make socialism an organised international movement.

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From Second to Third International

Abridged from a pamphlet, “The First Three Socialist Internationals”, published in 1989. Though idiosyncratic in its slant on some points, this tells the story of the three large-scale efforts so far…

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December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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A new peace deal, authored by the US and Russia, is undergoing a series of negotiations and revisions with Ukraine.

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Back Ukraine against Trump’s plans!

The latest round of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine is underway. After multiple unsuccessful attempts over the course of Trump’s first year in office, this plan appeared, almost out of…

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December 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM

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Background on the National Front in France, now known as the Rassemblement National (National Rally).

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How the far right has grown in France

What is happening with the National Front in France, now known as the Rassemblement National (National Rally), since 2018? This party has steadily increased its electoral influence since its…

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December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM

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The knock-on effect of the EHRC’s interim update has been an increase in harassment and abuse across the spectrum, and significantly more so for trans people.

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"Bathroom ban" has increased harassment in UK

The knock-on effect of the EHRC’s interim update has been an increase in harassment and abuse across the spectrum, and significantly more so for trans people.

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December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM

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The left must strive to rebuild a class-based movement capable of opposing, on the one hand, nationalism and authoritarianism, and, on the other, its fuelling power: capitalism.

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Why the Meloni government is prevailing

The Italian general election in October 2022 brought to power the most right-wing government Italy has seen in decades.

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December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM

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The UK is in the grip of a severe and multi-faceted, interlinked housing crisis.

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Council house building is urgent

The UK is in the grip of a severe and multi-faceted, interlinked housing crisis. This isn’t just one problem; it’s an interaction of too few affordable homes in the right locations, underused…

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December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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At COP30 the world’s best scientists gave clear warnings on climate change, but they might as well have gone to the pub.

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COP30’s failure must spur us to action

In the final moments of the UN COP30 climate-change conference (Brazil, 10-21 Nov) a deal was signed, minimal in commitment but acceptable to the richest nations (other than the USA) and those most…

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December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM

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The BMA will ballot its resident doctor members on further strikes for pay and jobs from 8 December, but will also strike again from 17 December.

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Doctors out again from 17 December

The BMA will ballot its resident doctor members on further strikes for pay and jobs from 8 December. It has gave Health Secretary Wes Streeting until 1 December to present an offer, and, when he…

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December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM

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The election of Independent candidate Catherine Connolly as President of Ireland both opens up space for left-wing and socialist ideas and is indicative of some underlying shifts in Irish politics.

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Irish Labour goes “Connollyite”?

The election of Independent candidate Catherine Connolly as President of Ireland on 24 October both opens up space for left-wing and socialist ideas and is indicative of some underlying shifts in Irish...

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December 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM

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There is a growing need for students to build cross campus links to fight the cuts.

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Student anti-cuts links needed

The University and College Union (UCU) is striking at Sheffield university (17 November to 12 December) and Sheffield Hallam (days from 11 November to 5 December). Students at the University of…

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December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM

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Opinion: As Georgia began to drift away from Europe — and draw closer to Putin’s Russia — protests have grown. So has repression.

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Georgia: One year in the streets

I last visited Georgia a bit more than a year ago. National elections were just days away, and despite aggressive campaigning by the ruling Georgian Dream party, everyone I spoke to was convinced…

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December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM

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The Morning Star's editorial identified the main “sticking points” in Trump's peace plan for Ukraine as the issues that had given Putin his excuse to invade in the first place!

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End the war? By giving Putin what he wants?

Trump’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine was simply a Kremlin wishlist. In fact, it may even have been written by Putin’s people and then translated by the White House. Crucially, it involved…

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December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM

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David Lammy plans to retain juries only in cases of “public interest” — crimes with a sentence of over three years —meaning manslaughter, murder or rape. All other cases would be heard by a single judge.

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No to removal of juries!

Justice secretary David Lammy has been subject to widespread criticism after the press got hold of his plans to remove trial by jury in almost all cases. Juries would remain in cases of serious…

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December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM

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Workers’ Liberty members joined other Unison activists at the union’s Young Members’ conference, 28-30 November. It was overall extremely positive.

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Unison young members demand branch-based conference

Workers’ Liberty members joined other Unison activists at the union’s Young Members’ conference, 28-30 November. It was overall extremely positive.

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December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM

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Gaza is still a war zone. On 28 November, Israeli troops shot and killed Fadi and Tamer Abu Assi, two Gazan children aged eight and 11 years old respectively.

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Still murderous in Gaza

On Friday 28 November, Israeli troops shot and killed Fadi and Tamer Abu Assi, two Gazan children aged eight and 11 years old respectively. The children were collecting firewood, and crossed the…

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December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM

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Anti-racist protestors outnumbered the far right; but not enough to stop the police facilitating their protest anyway, or to provent the police from assaulting and arresting us.

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Police create a safe space for the far-right in Bristol

In Bristol last weekend, groups such as UKIP and Britain First converged on an asylum hotel, with a similar picture to a recent such protest in Sheffield, as

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December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM

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Mahmood’s asylum plans are horrific. Once again Labour is pleading with a stereotype ageing white male “socially-conservative” voter, not by honest argument but by appeasement.

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