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Andrew Ryder and Andras Schweitzer on the 1956 uprising and Russia and Hungary’s love-hate relationship buff.ly/3ssbKJg #chartist48

Remembering 1956 while Hungary topples populist right — Chartist

Andrew Ryder and Andras Schweitzer on the 1956 uprising and Russia and Hungary’s love-hate relationship 1956 was a crucial year in world history, with the Soviet Union facing the first major internal...

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Don Flynn reviews "Structural Racism: The Dynamics of Opportunity and Race in America" by Stephen Menendian buff.ly/IBKa4M3 #chartist48

Beyond "Institutional" racism and towards structure — Chartist

Don Flynn on racial bias Structural Racism: The Dynamics of Opportunity and Race in America by Stephen Menendian published by Routledge It is now over a quarter of a century since the Macpherson...

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Iran war should boost renewables - David Toke rejects the counsel of despair to drill buff.ly/pUaaH1v #chartist48

Iran war should boost renewables — Chartist

David Toke rejects the counsel of despair to drill As I write, the oil crisis looks progressively worse as a result of the pointless war that the USA and Israel launched against Iran. We’ve had oil...

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Paul Salveson draws some lessons from the strike of 1926 buff.ly/n4pfxVv #chartist48

The General Strike: on the brink of revolution? — Chartist

Paul Salveson draws some lessons from the strike of 1926 It’s a cosy myth on the Left that the General Strike of 1926 was a sign of the revolutionary potential of the working class. It was anything...

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Veteran Bradford councillor Ralph Berry on some hard lessons from the local election results buff.ly/4a5wMaJ #chartist48

Labour’s command and control has alienated voters — Chartist

Veteran Bradford councillor Ralph Berry on some hard lessons from the local election results The Bradford local elections, especially in Wibsey and Odsal, have prompted me to reflect on a ward I...

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Trained, certified, and still NEET: Jasmine Piakan on the youth unemployment trap buff.ly/FPTFTmB #chartist48

Loops rather than a ladder — Chartist

Trained, certified, and still NEET: Jasmine Piakan on the youth unemployment trap “Learn to code.” “Get qualified.” “Do the training.” The message drilled into young people is that unemployment is a...

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Nigel Doggett reviews "To the Success of our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement" by Benjamin Nathans buff.ly/jVQlpQ3 #chartist48

Survival after Stalin — Chartist

Nigel Doggett on Soviet dissidents To the Success of our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement by Benjamin Nathans published by Princeton University Press This comprehensive...

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Mary Southcott on moves to democratise elections buff.ly/lR0E34S #chartist48

Representation of the people bill - at last! — Chartist

Mary Southcott on moves to democratise elections Missed out on the last King’s Speech in 2024, some promises in Labour’s Manifesto are up for consideration in the new Representation of the People...

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Tom Miller reports London stays Labour (just) but more Green with Labour tribalism blocking progressive agreements while alienating young voters buff.ly/LCZucCh #chartist48

London’s red fortress turns rainbow colours — Chartist

Tom Miller reports London stays Labour (just) but more Green with Labour tribalism blocking progressive agreements while alienating young voters The only redeeming feature of the Labour Party’s...

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In the wake of the much-publicised burning of Jewish Community ambulances in North London Richard Kuper dissects the myths perpetrated by the Israeli government buff.ly/8fGoRdP #chartist48

How Israel is fuelling antisemitism — Chartist

In the wake of the much-publicised burning of Jewish Community ambulances in North London Richard Kuper dissects the myths perpetrated by the Israeli government Many believe it is misguided in the...

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Sian Norris reports on Ukrainian miners resistance to Russian aggression buff.ly/l7hGIga #chartist48

Miners on the front line — Chartist

Sian Norris reports on Ukrainian miners resistance to Russian aggression The smashed wall, peppered with shrapnel damage, marks the spot where in February, 12 miners were killed in a drone strike...

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Bryn Jones reviews "The Global Casino: How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet" by Ann Pettifor buff.ly/ctFWVB7 #chartist48

Global Behemoths: How shadow banks govern our lives — Chartist

Bryn Jones on casino capitalism The Global Casino: How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet by Ann Pettifor published by Verso  The casino is Keynes’s famous metaphor for the Stock Exchan...

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Don Flynn says Mahmood’s immigration policy turns sharply to the right and marks an end to fairness of any kind buff.ly/tY0DOWJ #chartist48

Shredding Immigrants’ rights — Chartist

Don Flynn says Mahmood’s immigration policy turns sharply to the right and marks an end to fairness of any kind “Firm but Fair” served the Labour Party as the mantra for its immigration policies from...

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Bryn Jones on a history lesson for Donald Trump buff.ly/LwmaOin #chartist48

From Donroe to Doomsday? — Chartist

Bryn Jones on a history lesson for Donald Trump Have Trump’s belligerence in the Americas and his alliance with Israel to desolate Iran been shows of strength? Or do they indicate an economic-milit...

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Paul Teasdale questions why the PM keeps making poor economic policy decisions in his pursuit of right-wing voters buff.ly/N4b8F1m #chartist48

Trump’s trade war and (not) allying with Europe — Chartist

Paul Teasdale questions why the PM keeps making poor economic policy decisions in his pursuit of right-wing voters At the start of 2026, Starmer wanted to talk about the economy: this was to be the...

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Gill Bennett reviews "The World of the Cold War 1945-1991" by Vladislav Zubok buff.ly/y0p160b #chartist48

Ancient history? — Chartist

Gill Bennett on the Cold War from the Soviet perspective The World of the Cold War 1945-1991 by Vladislav Zubok published by Penguin Do we really need another history of a conflict that, for many—e...

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Trevor Fisher on why the left needs to wake up to the implications of the collapse of the two party system buff.ly/8xT23ac #chartist48

After the two party system — Chartist

Trevor Fisher on why the left needs to wake up to the implications of the collapse of the two party system It is clear that what we must call the legacy parties – Conservative, Labour and Liberal...

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Victor Anderson argues that the threats from the Right are not really about “Culture Wars” buff.ly/YaJYGIZ #chartist48

CAN OUR LIBERTIES LAST? — Chartist

Victor Anderson argues that the threats from the Right are not really about “Culture Wars” The British Constitution is a peculiar thing. There are some academics who enjoy debating whether it exists...

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Andy Gregg says Lebanon crisis is marked by complete Israeli impunity buff.ly/dLLu9my #chartist48

New Israeli genocide in Lebanon — Chartist

Andy Gregg says Lebanon crisis is marked by complete Israeli impunity The recent invasion by the Israeli army into Southern Lebanon and their cynical bombing of large parts of the country during a...

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Duncan Bowie reviews "Nine Days in May" by Jonathan Schneer published by Oxford University Press buff.ly/qvE6n6V #chartist48

Not a Revolution — Chartist

Duncan Bowie on the General Strike Nine Days in May by Jonathan Schneer published by Oxford University Press It was perhaps inevitable that the centenary of the General Strike would bring forward a...

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