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Andreas Malm and the policing of political life

Simon Pearson — 2026-11-02T10:18:43Z

By excluding a critic and arresting protesters, the British state is enforcing its own definition of the public good.

- IVP622 - November 2026 / Palestine, Britain

A Working-Class Marxist Who Faced the Apocalypse

Duncan Chapel — 2026-10-11T08:53:18Z

“Alan Thornett, who has died aged 89, was the best-known militant in the British car industry during the decade when the industry settled the fate of British trade unionism.”

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Britain, Obituary, Fourth International, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Burnham – the resilience of Labourism

Dave Kellaway — 2026-10-07T10:55:54Z

Labour leader Andy Burnham made his first leader's speech to Labour Party conference on 29 September 2026. It was warmly received. Following this Dave Kellaway discusses how there is still some life left in 'Old Labour' policies.
Some organisations and individual commentators in the movement define Andy Burnham as ‘Starmer continuity', ‘Starmer 2.0' or use the phrase ‘new boss same as the old boss'. His conference speech and actions since taking office shows that this sort of analysis is (…)

- IVP621 - October 2026 / Britain

What Jason Arday's death says about our society

Simon Hannah — 2026-08-26T09:32:21Z

Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor at Cambridge University was found dead on 14 August 2024 at his home after a vicious campaign against him by the mainstream media.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Britain, Racism and Islamophobia

The Malvinas and the National Question

Martín Mosquera — 2026-07-27T08:02:02Z

A banner at the World Cup reopened a debate that goes beyond the Malvinas/Falklands issue. Faced with an internationalism that underestimates imperial hierarchies and an anti-imperialism that erases the class struggle, the left needs to recover a democratic conception of nation, sovereignty, and internationalism.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Britain, Argentina, National question

King of north crowned Prime Minister

Dave Kellaway — 2026-07-26T05:39:08Z

Andy Burnham became British Prime Minister on 20 July 2026. The former Mayor of Manchester had served in the Labour governments of Tony Blair and of Gordon Brown and in the opposition teams of Ed Milliband and Jeremy Corbyn. He stood twice previously to be Labour leader but this time was the only candidate with active support from people earlier expected to stand themselves. His predecessor Keir Starmer was forced to resign on 22 June after Burnham won an impressive by-election victory in Makerfielld inthe north west of England where Nigel Farage's far right party Reform had hoped the prize might be theirs. This was in stark contrast to Labour - and Starmer's - disastrous showing in elections in May. It was clear that Burnham's success partly came from people supporting him precisely to get rid of Starmer.

Since the article below was written Burnham has appointed his Cabinet retaining many of those who served with Starmer and made a number of announcements of policies to assist with the biting cost of living crisis, while sticking to the fiscal rules. Only 5 days in, it is too early to draw a substantive balance sheet, On the other hand there is no doubt that Burnham is opening up a number of key political discussions - on devolution, on electoral reform and on reindustrialisation, for example, which it will be essential for the radical left to engage with.[TC]

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Britain

Burnham - a left response

Dave Kellaway — 2026-06-29T19:03:12Z

“Socialists will need to adapt our campaigns and demands to relate to the new political issues and debates that are emerging. We still need to build our eco-socialist alternative independent of the Labour Party and the Greens.”

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Britain

The 1926 General Strike in Britain

Harry Wicks, Jim Higgins — 2026-06-08T11:26:25Z

This 1976 pamphlet first appeared as a series of articles in the Workers News, a fortnightly journal of socialist news and analysis.

- Features / Britain, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Historical events and figures

Consequences of the local elections 2026

Penelope Duggan — 2026-05-15T13:13:14Z

The combined results of the 7 May elections have thrown the current UK government into turmoil.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Britain, Scotland, Cymru/Wales

Labour collapses, the far right grows

Simon Hannah — 2026-05-15T12:13:25Z

The elections across much of Britain on 7 May were a devastating blow to the ruling Labour Party who lost 1,229 councillors in England and also came third in the election for the Welsh Sennedd and lost support in the Scottish Parliamentary elections.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Britain, Scotland, Cymru/Wales