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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
The Tories’ hammering in the local elections is more to do with voter disdain for the government than any enthusiasm for Labour. Starmer must produce a vision to inspire the country if he wants to be the next prime minister.
If you want to understand the baffling popularity of the Royal Family, one place to start is the multimedia imperial modernist spectacle of the 1953 coronation.
Radical suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst was born on this day in 1882. To mark the occasion, we republish her essay on the meaning of socialism.
Robert Tressell, author of ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists,’ was born 153 years ago. His writing left an indelible mark on the socialist movement – but the man himself was almost forgotten by history.
Karl Marx was born on this day in 1818. His work remains as relevant as ever.
In a new exhibition at the Barbican, the communist artist Alice Neel’s humane portraits capture the fighters, victims and figures of America’s twentieth-century turmoil.
Israel’s relentless expansion of settlement and ethnic cleansing exposes the reality for Palestinians — the Nakba never really ended.
“As long as the struggle of the workers against the ruling class continues, May Day will be the yearly expression of our demands.” Rosa Luxemburg on the meaning of International Workers’ Day.
We remember the first major rally marking International Workers’ Day in England – when hundreds of thousands turned out in Hyde Park in 1890 to demand an eight-hour day.
The late historian Eric Hobsbawm recounts the history of International Workers’ Day.
The last year has seen workers in Britain and across the world rise up to demand justice – but we can’t beat the ruling class without unity.
In the past month, university bosses have threatened to withhold the pay of workers observing a marking boycott. These draconian acts – intended to break their workers’ spirit – have only emboldened them.
Nobody should die at work – but the government’s refusal to remove asbestos is killing more than five thousand people a year. On International Workers’ Memorial Day, we should remember them by fighting for a system that values workers more than profits.
Antonio Gramsci died on this day in 1937. We remember his revolutionary life and his contributions to the struggle against capitalism.
Kwame Nkrumah, who died on this day in 1972, was a leader in the fight against colonialism. But he knew that independence wasn’t enough – only a unified, socialist Africa could truly free itself from its former masters.
From the struggle for Civil Rights to opposing apartheid in South Africa and the blockade of Cuba, Harry Belafonte was a lifelong radical – and a fighter for justice both at home and abroad.
On this day in 1974 a mutiny in the Portuguese army put an end to the country’s dictatorship. The revolution which followed brought down an empire and showed how working people could take control of society.
Today, Italy celebrates Liberation Day in memory of the victory against fascism, but many of its partisans fought for more than a return to liberal democracy – they wanted a revolutionary new society.
The Salford Red Devils have shown how ordinary people can run a top-level rugby league club free of corporate owners – but to secure its future, the club needs wider support and solidarity.
The Paris Commune of 1871 was still fresh in the memory by the time of Ireland’s Easter Rising – and, for 1916 leader James Connolly, its radical politics and urban warfare offered an example to follow.