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Socialism at the Milk Bar

The authoritarian socialist regimes of the twentieth century tried to rescue people from ‘kitchen slavery’ through communal eateries. In Poland, they survive and thrive.

The Afterparty

Ejected and dejected, Britain’s fragmented left is exploring the possibility of a new political party. The odds are against a socialist alternative to Labour — but Keir Starmer’s leadership may be shifting them.

Cooking on the Breadline

The British food industry leaves thousands of those who feed us too poor to feed themselves — this is why many food workers are pressing back against low pay and exploitation.

India’s Farmers Are Facing Down Modi

Last year, India’s powerful farmer movement thwarted Narendra Modi’s plans to win an electoral supermajority. A communist leader of their movement explains how they’re turning the tide on the reactionary BJP.

Back to Blackrock

Labour’s plan for growth — with deregulation and corporate-driven projects at its core — runs the risk of deepening inequality and handing over national infrastructure to private profit.

Leonard Rossiter’s Ontology of Grot

An eccentric new book, ‘Code:Damp: An Esoteric Guide to British Sitcoms’, frames the sitcom career of British actor Leonard Rossiter as a conductor of strange energies unlocking the secrets of post-war Britain.

Solidarity Under Siege

For more than six decades, the USA has subjected Cuba to a blockade designed to destroy its economy — an act of aggression met with a global solidarity movement that has helped keep the country alive.

Gerry Adams: Starmer Waives the Rules

Keir Starmer is looking at ‘every conceivable way’ to block compensation for myself and over 300 people wrongly imprisoned in the 1970s — an arrogance in full keeping with the British establishment's imperial mindset.