By Cain O’Mahoney May, this year sees the 80th anniversary of the grim battle for Monte Cassino, the decisive event that effectively drove Nazi Germany
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Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 7 to 11
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike,

By Andy Ford The Tory government, by an act of parliament, has deemed that the Central African state of Rwanda is ‘safe’. But the history

By Greg Oxley Fifty years ago this week, April 25 1974 saw the beginning of a revolutionary movement in Portugal, initiated by army officers, but

By Hilary Barker Today, since the election the hard right candidate, Javier Milei, the working class of Argentina is facing huge attacks on their living

Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Week seven
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike,

Fifty years ago today: The Portuguese Revolution begins
By Greg Oxley Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the revolution in Portugal, a process that unfolded over many months. Greg Oxley,

Review by John Pickard “It generally comes as a big surprise to people that there were women’s football matches during World War One. Not only

The 1944 strike wave: ‘the right to strike is part of the freedoms we fight for’
By Cain O’Mahony [photo shows “Bevin Boys” – conscripted miners in Cramlington, Northumberland] Eighty years ago, there was a political storm across Britain as trade

The Left and the Labour Party: Lessons from the 1920s – Part Two
Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour Member) completes his article on the relationship between the Communist Party and the Labour Party in the 1920s. Part two