Durham Miners Gala: The day in pictures

With his party sinking in the polls, Rishi Sunak is looking to whip up a climate culture war. Workers must have no trust in either the Tories and their cynical claims, nor the liberals and their impotent demands. We must fight for revolution.

At this year’s TUC Congress, a notable motion was passed committing the trade union movement to mobilise against the Tories’ latest anti-strike legislation – up-to-and-including non-compliance. We need militant action to smash the bosses’ laws.

As in previous years, the recent Edinburgh Fringe Festival highlighted the squeeze facing artists under capitalism, with performers facing an uphill struggle to make a breakthrough in the industry. For culture to blossom, we need a revolution.