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With just days to go, Jeremy Corbyn continues to gain support among workers

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Jeremy Corbyn has promised to break with Theresa May’s policies of austerity, racism and war.

The nasty party’s campaign is incompetent but vicious

The Tories have fought the election by playing on people’s fears. But the strategy doesn’t guarantee their success, writes Alistair Farrow

The death toll of the border grows

Days before the election Britain’s border controls killed again. Kim, a Vietnamese refugee, killed himself in a French hospital last Wednesday.

The rain doesn't stop one of Corbyn's biggest rallies yet in Gateshead

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Some 10,000 people turned out in the pouring rain to see Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speak at a rally in Gateshead last night, Monday.

Unions shouldn’t bemoan a lack of strikes—but get organising them

There were some grim statistics out last week about strikes and unions.

People hold big rallies to defend the NHS

Thousands of people have rallied in support of the NHS in the last week, showing their outrage at the Tories’ attacks.

Former Ukip leader, racist Nigel Farage, drowned out by protesters in Ramsgate

It was an excellent afternoon for opponents of Ukip last Saturday.

Council workers’ strike vote crashes into new anti-union law

Local government workers in Scotland have voted by a clear majority to strike to force council chiefs to improve their latest pay offer but there are no plans for action.

Damaging debate adds to Tory woes as election campaign enters crucial final week

Theresa May's cowardly refusal to appear on a BBC election debate last night, Wednesday, added to the scorn being heaped in the Tories' campaign.

Climate change denier Donald Trump takes US out of Paris climate deal

The US is to pull out of the Paris treaty on climate change, blowing a colossal hole in world governments' environmental strategy.

In the disillusioned Labour marginals, compromise is Corbyn’s worst enemy

In the marginal seat of Halifax, West Yorkshire, the biggest threat to Labour’s vote is disillusion. And only by offering a break with the past can Jeremy Corbyn overcome it.

The Labour right remains a millstone around Corbyn's neck

The Labour right have not stopped their attacks on Jeremy Corbyn, despite the signs of Labour moving forward in the polls.

Feeling the Bern in Brixton

US politician Bernie Sanders came to south London and spread a message of hope that resonates with Corbyn supporters

Over 20,000 march in Glasgow for independence and against Tories

The fight in Scotland for a new referendum is linked to the battle against austerity

Theresa May wants to use London Bridge attack to step up Islamophobia and repression

Prime minister Theresa May is deliberately using the deaths of seven people last night to boost the Tories and encourage revenge against Muslims.

Mobilise against racism after new refugee deaths

After a new refugee tragedy underlined the urgent need to challenge racist immigration laws, anti-racists are preparing to protest straight after the general election on Thursday.