Tim Young, Brazil Solidarity Initiative, says Lula seeks to bring the left back to power in Brazil as Bolsonaro’s presidency crumbles. As Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s domestic and international status continues to decline sharply, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is stepping up his campaign to win the presidential election that will take… Continue reading Lula comeback in Brazil?
Briefing’s Culture Vulture is impressed by Life Between Islands, Tate Britain’s exhibition of Afro Caribbean art, booking until 31st March, £16 entrance, concessions available. On my recent return to Plague Island I managed to get to a few excellent exhibitions in London. Tate Britain currently has a large display of art produced by Afro Caribbean… Continue reading Life between islands
Larry O’Hara reviews Revolutionary Rehearsals In the Neo-Liberal Age edited by Colin Barker, Gareth Dale & Neil Davidson, Haymarket Press, Chicago 2021. Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci famously urged pessimism of the intellect but optimism of the will, and this book conforms to that. Even at 443 pages the scope is tremendously ambitious: looking at instances… Continue reading The Challenge for Power
Socialist Health Association (SHA) members have until 14th February to elect the new national council. The left won control of the SHA at the previous AGM and are now working to build a campaigning SHA that opposes the government's Health & Care Bill and works for a publcly funded and publicly provided NHS. Left wingers… Continue reading SHA elections
Richard Price reports on the problems facing Labour Party members in London selecting their candidates for May's elections. One of the things the Labour Right prides itself on is professionalism, and nowhere more so than in local government. To read Luke Akehurst you’d think that all that stands between us and a descent into Dark… Continue reading London selection chaos
This commemoration is being organised by the Terence MacSwiney Commemoration Committee [London], please contact: terencemacswineycommittee@gmail.com for further information.
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