Remembering the 43 Group
After the Second World War, Jewish soldiers returned to Britain and had to fight fascism all over again.
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Life in the Century’s Midnight
On International Holocaust Memorial Day we should remember the resistance that organised itself in Nazi death camps.
The Real Dad’s Army
The wartime Home Guard is immortalised in popular culture — but the socialists who shaped it are forgotten.
Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On this day in 1943, a band of Jewish resistance fighters launched an armed insurrection against the Nazis. They were proud socialists and internationalists.
Britain’s Last Brigadista
Geoffrey Servante passed away earlier this week aged 99. He was almost certainly the last Briton to fight fascism in the International Brigades to Spain.
The Modern World is More Complicated Than This
Change UK's calamitous performance of recent weeks isn't simply down to incompetence. It reflects the profound lack of insight and ambition that plagues Britain's political centre.
Blacklisting: A British Tradition
The latest report on blacklisting shows how serious the establishment is about undermining our movement
Workers Against ISS
Agency workers in London hospitals are so poorly treated that their union set up a foodbank to help them. But now, they are fighting back.
‘We Are the Lions, Mr. Manager’
In August 1976 a group of Asian immigrants in London began a strike that would define an era.
In the Red Corner
To celebrate Black History Month, we remember Len Johnson - the Manchester boxer denied a title shot because of his race who went on to become a left-wing radical.
Comrades at War
After the First World War, thousands of veterans returned from the front lines and fought for their rights against an establishment that was happy to discard them.
Royal Mail’s Establishment Stitch-up
Yesterday, the votes of 110,000 postal workers to strike were thrown out by the High Court. It was just another example of how Britain's laws and courts are rigged against workers.
In Defence of Salford
The Murdoch press has started its attacks on Rebecca Long Bailey and her Salford 'mafia'. It's not hard to figure out why - Salford is a proud and radical working-class community that points the way forward for the Labour Left in 2020.
Rebuilding the Red Bases
To popularise the hope of a better future, socialists must once again become a meaningful part of working-class communities.
How Labour Should Respond to Coronavirus
Right now, Labour is failing to hold the government to account for a crisis that looks likely to severely impact millions across Britain. It's time to demand real sick pay, a freeze on rent and utility bills, and that vital public services be taken out of private hands.
Salford Against Coronavirus
Socialist councillors in Salford are enabling large-scale community support to make sure that there’s somebody looking after everyone who needs it during the coronavirus crisis.