England host Scotland at Wembley in tonight’s Euro 2020 draw
England host Scotland in the second Group D game of Euro 2020. The game kicks off at 8pm, while Croatia and the Czech Republic meet at 5pm at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Despite Covid restrictions meaning less than half the Stadium be filled will be able to watch the game live at Wembley Stadium, tens of thousands of Scots are expected to travel to London for the game.
Why is Labour losing?
Starmer and his advisers are eager to address the working class as a ‘patriotic’ identity, rather than an economic group that will support progressive policies proposed by people like themselves writes Nick Wright.
Outrage in Namibia at Berlin’s apology offering
The Nava and Ovaherero people of Namibia have spoken out in outrage against the feeble strings-attached apology the German government has given for the genocide carried out between 1904 and 1908.
The failures of the 50+1 model
Howard Green critiques English football fans’ calls for the Premier League to adopt the Germany’s corporate football model.
Stop attacking Cuba!
Statement from the PCE about recent advances from imperialist powers upon Cuba.
Review: Third World War
Pierre Marshall reviews the latest reprint of ‘Third World War’, a storyline written by Pat Mills and Carlos Ezquerra which appeared in the British comic magazine, Crisis.
Manchester City and Chelsea Fans flock to Portugal for Champions League Final
In the infinite wisdom of UEFA, the Champions League final between the two English clubs was held in Porto this year. With 12,000 fans making the trip from England to Portugal, it was the largest number of people leaving the UK in one go since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The mayor of Porto Rui Moreira said: “This is the sort of moment that will put the city in the limelight.”
Unemployment Fightback
Dara O’Neill writes about the Communist Party of Britain’s new campaign aimed at tackling unemployment in Britain.
All the questions socialists have about China but were too afraid to ask
Alexander Norton interviews Keith Lamb on how China’s self-proclaimed socialist system measures up to the expectations of a Western socialist expat from Scotland who has lived through almost two decades of drastic change in the world’s emerging superpower
The Labour Party has a role to play in the socialist movement, Starmer does not
Daniel Roantree argues that the Labour Party’s recent loss in England hurts everyone on Britain’s road to socialism.