Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s terrorist attack in which five people were killed and dozens injured in Westminster….

“Since 1965 I have never lived through a presidential election like this. There are no more axes, no more rules”,…

Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness, ex deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and ex IRA leader, has died. He played a…

In a blatant attack on trade unionism, a court in India has sentenced 13 workers, including all 12 members of…

NEARLY ONE-THIRD of all Southern Rail’s trains were late or failed to run last year. And 2017 could be even…

THE GRASSROOTS Momentum conference in London should be a chance to rally Labour members and supporters around a fighting strategy…

The long running dispute at Southern Rail has taken a further dramatic turn after drivers in the Aslef union voted…

By Joy Macready The 1917 Bolshevik government advanced a revolutionary programme for women’s rights, struggling to break with the backwardness…

By Martin Suchanek  This article was originally published in Neue Internationale – Frauen Zeitung, the German language magazine of the…

Konkordiya Samoilova was born in 1876 in Irkutsk, Siberia. Her father was an Orthodox priest. Samoilova graduated with a gold…

By Joy Macready Women’s oppression long predates capitalism. Indeed it goes back to the origins of class society. But each…

IN A time of increasing political instability and tension that has given us Donald Trump and Brexit, it’s reassuring to…

Normally, American Jewish leaders would expect to feel quite positive about a new US President apparently more friendly to Israel…

The resignation of Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister has triggered a new election and brought the ‘Northern…

By Katie Pelikanou On February 28 representatives from the European Union, European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund arrived…

Donald Trump’s presidency has galvanised opposition. But turning resistance into victories will not be easy. Republicans control both houses of…

As epected and intended, the Copeland and Stoke by-elections were severe setbacks for Labour and for Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. Whatever…

The lack of imagination at the top of the Labour Party was on display for all to see last week….

By Chris Taylor UNISON RECENTLY announced that striking Glasgow City Council IT workers have accepted an offer from the council…

Brexit will have enormous political and economic ramifications on both Northern Ireland and the Republic. Since the EU referendum, for…

UNITE GENERAL Secretary Len McCluskey has triggered an early election campaign for the position he currently holds. The three candidates,…

JEREMY CORBYN has imposed a three-line whip on Labour MPs to vote for Theresa May’s Bill to start the Brexit…

THERESA MAY’S visit to Washington has turned into a major embarrassment. Her “partnership” with Donald Trump which meant she refused…

ON 10 JANUARY Jon Lansman and a majority of the Steering Committee launched a coup. This subcommittee of the NC…

ANYONE WHO doubted that Donald Trump’s arrival as 45th president of the United States heralded a major change in both the country’s…

JEREMY CORBYN kicked off 2017 by announcing that Labour was not committed “in principle” to defending freedom of movement for…

By Chris Taylor In the 18 months since Jeremy Corbyn first secured a place on the leadership ballot, hundreds of…

2016 was a year of momentous events. In Syria, the European Union, South America, the USA, these were not positive…

By Marcus Halaby THE SIEGE of Aleppo has entered its final hours. A cold-blooded and methodical massacre awaits the defenders and…