By Maureen Wade, (Chair, Birmingham UNISON retired members section, personal capacity) Birmingham City Council has announced the largest local authority budget cuts in history. Jobs
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Report from Dave Putson Supporters of Julian Assange have been at the High Court two days running now, where he is fighting against extradition to

Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour member) continues his occasional series on the Soviet military WW2 history. [Featured photo credit can be seen here] The Battle

By John Pickard The Israeli economy as a whole has taken a nose-dive since the war on Gaza started. It crashed by 20% in the

by Andy Ford With all attention on the Tory collapses in Wellingborough and Kingswood, this by-election in Cheshire East could have slipped under the radar.

Editorial: Starmer fiddles while Gaza burns
As every political commentator knows, there are limitations to what by-elections tell us about national politics. Turn-out is always smaller than in a general election

French farmers’ protests – Small farmers trapped by the capitalist system
By Chloé S. (Communist Party of France (PCF) – from Seine Maritime). [This article has been taken from the French socialist website La Riposte and

By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Tuesday, 13 February 2024. The original article can be found here. ************** Indonesians

By Michael Roberts Headline inflation rates in the major economies have nearly halved since they peaked back in 2022. Average consumer price growth across the

By Umar Shahid As Pakistan reels under the weight of a crippling economic crisis, its citizens went to the polls last week in a high-stakes