In yet another setback for Starmer’s beleaguered government, the High Court has ruled that Labour’s proscription of Palestine Action is “disproportionate” and “unlawful”. This is a victory for the Palestine movement, and exposes the crisis of the ruling regime.

The British ruling class is clamping down on free speech and attack our democratic rights. In this episode, RCP Executive Committee member Nelson Wan outlines how communists approach the question of democratic rights, and howe we can fight to defend them on a class basis.

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a raft of ‘law-and-order’ reforms to British policing. But beneath the blustering bravado about forces being made ‘match fit’, these measures are pathetically inadequate to solve the establishment’s problems.