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Adolfo Kaminsky’s Life of Struggle

From saving countless Jewish lives in Nazi-occupied Paris to aiding anticolonial struggles from Algeria to South Africa, Adolfo Kaminsky – who died last week – never surrendered his ideals of ‘uninterrupted resistance’ against oppression and racism.

When the Unemployed Fought Back

In the 1920s and '30s, the National Unemployed Workers' Movement mobilised thousands to resist the indignities of unemployment. As we enter another economic crisis, we should learn from their fight.

The Tribunite who Tried to Kill Hitler

During the Second World War, Jewish socialist Hilda Monte was forced into exile by the Nazi government — but the connections she made in Britain helped her to become one of the resistance’s most formidable operatives.

Why We Need a Fighting Trade Unionism

Recent decades have seen a decline in trade union membership, with workers' conditions deteriorating as a result. The need for the labour movement hasn't diminished – but to rebuild it, we need to be brave.

‘We Won’t Pay Glazer, Or Work for Sky’: FCUM’s Fan-Owned Revolution

As a supporter-owned club with a proud commitment to the wellbeing of the local community, FC United of Manchester shows that there's an future for football beyond corporate greed – if we're willing to fight for it.

Rail Cleaners’ Fight for £15

Cleaners who kept London trains safe during the pandemic are paid so poorly that some are homeless and others in appalling debt – now they’re striking against profiteering bosses to demand a living wage.

Opening New Worlds for Workers

A century ago, trade unionists founded the Workers Travel Association, which organised cheap, luxurious holidays in the belief that discovery and adventure should be for the masses – not just the wealthy.

Behind the Post Office IT Scandal

The Post Office scandal was an enormous miscarriage of justice that ruined dozens of lives – and a stark warning about the consequences of involving the private sector in our vital public institutions.

Mokhtar Mokhtefi’s Literature of Refusal

The recently published memoir of Algerian revolutionary Mokhtar Mokhtefi, I Was A French Muslim, powerfully portrays a life spent in the struggle against French imperialism and for the unlocking of all human potential.

Partisans of the World

For many people who risked their lives to defeat Nazism, aiding the post-war movements against a dying but vicious colonialism was the next step in the fight to realise their anti-fascist ideals.

Making More Mick Lynches

Mick Lynch's time in the RMT leadership is a lesson for a Left often scared of itself: strength comes from building confidence in workers, confronting lying politicians, and showing no respect for the farce that is the 'media game'.

A Gut Radical

From popularising people's history to crusading for ordinary people’s access to good food and wine, Raymond Postgate’s socialism was about the full enrichment of life for all.

Remembering the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass

On this day in 1932, hundreds of workers took to the hills of northern England to challenge the right of landed gentry to enclose the countryside.

Remembering Max Levitas: A Hero of Cable Street

Max Levitas, who passed away in 2018, was part of the generation of Jewish radicals who organised the resistance to Mosley in Cable Street. On its anniversary, we remember his remarkable life.

Eleanor Kasrils’ Great Escapes

A striking play about a young mother’s entry into the armed struggle against apartheid — and her refusal to accept defeat even under torture — will receive its British premiere next week in London.