Movements to the right of the political mainstream are once again growing, with Reform UK the latest party to find itself challenging both the major political parties from a position to their right. Victories in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, and across the country in the local and mayoral elections, Continue Reading
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Far-Right advance shows urgency of building united party to break with capitalism
The hard-line far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) has emerged as the largest party in the Austrian general election, with 29% of the vote. It beat the ruling conservative right-wing People’s Party (ÖVP), which received 26%. The Freedom party stood on an islamophobic, anti-immigrant programme. This follows the growth of the far-right Continue Reading
Unity to defeat the racists and fascists
We are seeing racist-fascist lynch mobs, targeting refugees, asylum seekers, mosques, Asians and black people – anyone who looks as though they might be Muslim. These racist pogroms have already seen people physically attacked, people dragged from their cars, shops and houses bricked, a local library trashed, and hotels housing Continue Reading
Abbott’s own goal
Diane Abbott’s letter to the Observer was offensive, historically illiterate, and an unbelievable gift to her opponents inside and outside of the Labour Party. However, Diane Abbott should not have been suspended by Labour leader Keir Starmer. Her letter was not antisemitic, and I don’t believe that Starmer or any Continue Reading