Some of the Labour Party’s most senior officials acted to sabotage Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, obstruct everything it tried to do, direct abuse at staff and activists supportive of Corbyn, and expressed a preference for a Tory victory.
Overviews of the Covid-19 crisis, new leaders for UK Labour, and reports from four continents
No light reading this week. The Isles, Canada, Mideast, Asia, Africa, Latin America - and a call for eco-socialism
Three new books tell the tale of Glasgow’s radical Clydeside, when militant shop stewards and the longshore community during and post World War 1 rose up against war and attacks by capital, fighting for labor dignity and a fair society for all.
Reader Comments: Finnish Govt Calls for 4-Day-Week; 2020 elections; Medicare for All; Britain's Labour Party; Du Bois and the Jefferson School; Racism 2019; Jews in Iran; Watchmen; Renewable Energy; Anti-War Films On-line; Today in History; more...
Women Led the Fight in 2019 + Iraq Protesters Unite Against US Aggression + France + Cuba in Transition + UK Labour + CPIM Leader on India's Crisis + Workers' Party of Belgium + Hong Kong: A Deeper Look + Year in Review
To abandon a far-reaching agenda of economic policies, as a handful of former and current Labour lawmakers suggest, risks undercutting the popularity still buoying the party.
The Left in the EU + American Lessons From Labour's Defeat + Fury in India, Algeria and Colombia + Mass Strike in France + Building Democracy in Kurdish Syria
This might be a moment of political desolation for the socialist left in Britain, but those revelling in their apparent triumph have no answers to the problems we face. The struggle for social transformation in this country must continue.
Reader Comments: Impeachment Matters and Accomplished; British elections, Brexit; New NAFTA; Afghanistan Papers; China's Socialism; Resources: 2020 Candidate positions (or not) Foreign Policy Report; Sanctions Fact Sheets; Announcments; more...
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