Wife of Jamaica-born sociologist says project celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ he made to Britain’s culture Whether it was Thatcherism, populism or the story of the Sony Walkman, Stuart Hall was a public intellectual famed for defining the times. Now a major digital archive of his previously unpublished papers, notebooks, recordings and videos has been launched. The Jamaica-born sociologist and seminal figure in postwar Black British history died in 2014 aged 82, with his obituary in the Guardian saying he was “among the first to identify key questions of the age”. Hall coined the term Thatcherism and in 1985 warned of the dangers of “authoritarian populism”. Continue reading...

On the Corbynising of the Green party

Fifty years ago, British Labour leader James Callaghan used his party conference speech to promote some of the key ideas associated with neoliberalism. A close look at the speech can help explain why ...

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve says Israel is not entitled to shut mission in occupied Palestinian territory * UK politics live – latest updates Israel does not have a legal right to act on its plan to close the British consulate in East Jerusalem, the former attorney general Dominic Grieve has advised the UK Foreign Office. Israel has said it intends to shut the consulate on 8 October in response to the sweeping ban on trade with goods from Israeli settlements announced by the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, this month. Continue reading...

Max Levitas lived a life devoted to combating fascism, advocating for social justice, and championing the rights of the working class

At our TUC 2026 fringe meeting, PCS President Bev Laidlaw speaking. On right: Ivanna Khrapko, Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine. Chair: UCU exec member Vicky Blake On 16 September TUC Congress, the conference representing the vast majority of trade union members in the UK, voted unanimously for the motion from the National Union of Mineworkers demanding freedom for the jailed Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers and reaffirming UK union solidarity with Ukraine.

We publish below the policy passed by the Scottish Green Party at its 2023 Autumn Conference. The party is affiliated to and works with Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Scotland, and its co-leader Ross Greer is one of USCS's sponsors. You can contact USCS, and via it Green Ukraine Solidarity activists in Scotland, at uscscotland@gmail.com. Preamble In the light of the continuing Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the genocidal nature of that invasion, it is important that the Scottish Green Party affirms its support for the Ukrainian people in resisting that invasion, and for those progressive civil society organisations working to defend women, children, minorities and the environment in extraordinarily difficult circumstances.

GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing

The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

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Arun Arora, bishop of Kirkstall in Leeds, condemns ‘twisted theology’ of groups who demonstrated at south coast ports at weekend

A group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tou...

One of the main differences between today’s far right and the fascism of the mid-20th century is the absence of a...

JVL, with JJP and the Holocaust Survivor Descendants Group urge Andy Burnham to act in support of Palestinians and to meet Jewish Bloc reps