Glasgow May Day 2026: remembering the General Strike
By David Cartwright, Unite, Glasgow Retired Members’ Branch On Sunday 3 May a wide range of Glasgow Labour movement organisations and community campaign groups assembled in theRead More
Unite NEC elections: big majority for Sharon Graham
By Andy Ford, newly-elected Unite NEC member The recent elections to the Executive of the Unite union, one of the Labour Party’s largest affiliates, returned a decisiveRead More
TV review: ‘The Boys’
By Joe Langabeer The Boys is currently in its final season on Amazon Prime. It is based on the Garth Ennis comic books of the same name,Read More
Corbyn backs independent without telling his own party
By Roger Silverman Even in the bizarre context of British politics today, it is unusual for a political party’s national leader to endorse the candidate of aRead More
1926 General Strike: Cramlington train derailment
By Jamie Green The Cramlington Train Wreckers, a play by Ed Waugh, is a powerful story based around the Northumberland miners fighting to defend their livelihoods andRead More
Editorial: Starmer owns the coming Labour debacle
For previous local elections, Left Horizons has argued in favour of a vote for Labour, because it was the party that most carried the aspiration of workersRead More
Shortages, inflation and stagnation
By Michael Roberts Last week, crude oil prices in Asia hit a new high at $125/b amid reports that the US was considering military action against IranRead More
1986: the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – part two
Part II: Heroism, half-truths and cover-ups In the second of a three-part article, CAIN O’MAHONY, who has worked in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, looks at the responseRead More
The 1926 General Strike – an opportunity lost
By Cain O’Mahony A hundred years ago, just before midnight on May 3, began the biggest movement of organised workers in British history. It became the most titanicRead More
Spring books 2026: a capitalist history, a transformation; controlling or replacing capitalism?
By Michael Roberts This post reviews some recent economics books published by various authors, both Marxist and non-Marxist. Capitalism – a global history by Sven Beckert LetRead More
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