Author Archives: Hugh Barnes

Rosa Luxemburg in London

Dana Mills reflects on a Polish-German Marxist’s complicated relationship with revolutionaries in Britain from Lenin to Sylvia Pankhurst IN the spring of 1907, having just been released from a Berlin prison, Rosa Luxemburg arrived in London to attend a congress of the exiled Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party – and to debate revolutionary strategy with variousContinue reading “Rosa Luxemburg in London”

Nenets nightmare

Ada Wordsworth looks at what the climate crisis means for Russia’s reindeer herders THE indigenous Nenets people are nomads living in the icy tundra of Russia’s far north. For a thousand years Nenets reindeer herders have migrated to summer pastures on the Yamal Peninsula above the Arctic Circle, returning south in winter. This 800-mile journeyContinue reading “Nenets nightmare”

The Socialist Suffragette

Rachel Holmes celebrates the life of Sylvia Pankhurst IN 1896, when she was thirteen, Sylvia Pankhurst was taken by her father to the Mosley Hotel in her home town of Manchester to meet Eleanor Marx, the foremother of socialist-feminism and Karl’s youngest daughter, at an event held in honour of William Liebknecht, leader of theContinue reading “The Socialist Suffragette”

The Power of Protest

Fighting racism and police brutality in lockdown from Minneapolis to Hong Kong By Hugh Barnes The history of protest is as old as the history of anything. People have always protested against oppression because it has always existed. Unless you have a vote, and sometimes even if you do, demonstrating in public is the bestContinue reading “The Power of Protest”

Killing time in Palestine

By Toby Abse What the mainstream media generally describe as ‘the war between Israel and Hamas’ has in reality amounted to a massacre of Palestinian civilians. Around two thirds of the 29,410 Gazan dead (22nd February 2024) have been women and children. Unlike the Israel Defence Force (IDF), and unlike the more secular Palestinian armedContinue reading “Killing time in Palestine”

Hate and war

Civil war may not be ‘inevitable’, as the world’s wealthiest psychopath, Elon Musk, claims but, TOBY ABSE argues, the riots delivered a stark warning about far-right culture wars THE rioting that spread across England and Northern Ireland at the start of August was not a spontaneous reaction to the brutal murder of three young girlsContinue reading “Hate and war”

The Future of Energy

By Mike Davies Modern civilisation uses – and is dependent on – vast amounts of energy. Over the last couple of hundred years, we have shifted from using energy for heavy industry to relying on the ready availability of huge amounts for convenience and leisure. One consequence has been global heating caused by the ‘exhaust’ gases, such asContinue reading “The Future of Energy”

The Climate Election

MIKE DAVIES sets out the principles and issues — ignored by the major parties —on which he is standing for the AGS in Leeds North East This is an odd election. Although ‘odd’ scarcely covers it. The key issue facing the country, indeed all countries, is the environmental crisis. This is set to disrupt andContinue reading “The Climate Election”