With one candidate already on the ropes, a breath of wind prevented the second making an early exit.

A review of documentary Defiance: Fighting the Far Right directed by Satiyesh Manoharajah, Channel 4 mini-series.

A review of 1984, the Miners and the Strike that could have won by Ian Taylor, Socialist Worker.

A review of The Carnation Revolution: The Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell by Alex Fernandes, Oneworld, 2024, 400 pages, £22.

None of us is free until all of us are free.

It is essential for all class conscious workers to mobilise in force and defend our trans, Muslim and migrant brothers and sisters.

The seventh South African election under universal suffrage proved to be a turning point for the party that negotiated the ending of apartheid 30 years ago, the African National Congress (ANC).

The Tory party has descended into internecine warfare.

Only by gathering the forces of working class opposition to Labour and directing them in a united front against the government can we begin to build a party that can not only resist the coming attacks on our class, but destroy capitalism and the imperialist system that stand behind Starmer and Reeves.

To get reforms out of Labour will be like drawing teeth.

Any agreement reached under the cosh of Netanyahu and Ben Gvir’s New Nakba and the services of US imperialism would mean simply continuing the torment of the Palestinians and the denial of their democratic rights and national sovereignty.

Free-market economists’ claims about the efficiency of privatisation don’t hold water.

Our task is to make our unions and social movements fight Labour’s coming attacks.

A surprise victory for the left-wing New Popular Front will intensify the political instability in the country.

The marches, blockades and occupations have not forced the government to break links with Israel. We need to change course.

Amazon is spending vast sums trying to defeat a campaign for trade union recognition.