By Dave Stockton AS THE 20th anniversary of George W Bush’s declaration of the War on Terror and the misnamed Operation Enduring Freedom approached, Joe Biden pulled the plug on the Nato occupation of Afghanistan. Announcing the exit of the remaining 2,500 US troops from the country led to horrible scenes in Kabul airport, with […]

Despite its talk of helping Afghan refugees, the government is passing new laws to harass migrants

Mass unemployment and the scourge of long-term joblessness have returned.

Brexit and pandemic-induced shortages fuel demands for action on pay and conditions

NEC purge signals end of left's attempt to wrest control of the party

This year's annual conference presents a last chance for the Labour left to regroup and reassess its priorities

The Tories are pressing ahead with plans to ban the BDS campaign in public institutions

Profiteers are cherry-picking the most profitable parts of our health service

The pandemic has exposed that the NHS is not so much at breaking point, but beyond it.

Healthworkers are being balloted over the government's insulting 3% pay offer

Editorial September 2021 No. 385

Defeat for the Nato alliance opens new chapter in Afghan war

An explosion of student activism needs national coordination and a common strategy

We need to campaign between now and the COP26 to build a movement to stop climate catastrophe.

By Marc Lassalle In June, President Emmanuel Macron announced the end of France’s eight year military operations against Islamist insurgents in Mali.  Codenamed Operation Barkhane, its initial objective was to prevent the fall of its capital Bamako to these forces, and to bolster the other former French colonies of the Sahel region, Burkina Faso, Chad, […]