Chávez visits London
In May, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez visited London at the invitation of Mayor Ken Livingstone. SCGN reports on the visit with extracts from Chávez's speech.

Read regular columns by Jim Mortimer, former general secretary of the Labour Party and members of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs

BNP breakthroughs follow unprecedented media exposure
Mohammed Azam looks at the reasons behind the rise in the BNP's vote
Labour must heed election warning
Ken Livingstone analyses Labour's losses
Labour pushes back further in local government
The local election results were Labour's worst since 1992, argues Rachel Garnham

Challenging to shape Labour's future
John McDonnell MP describes the changes needed for Labour to win back support
Time to renationalise the water industry
Kelvin Hopkins MP argues that water is a natural monopoly and has no place in the private sector
Blairites last throw
Pete Willsman warns that the Blairites are determined to remove the trade unions from the party
Stop criminalising immigrants
Logic and facts have given way to paranoia, argues Diane Abbott MP
Justice for asbestos victims
Michael Clapham MP criticises the Lords' decision on compensation for mesothelioma suffers
Ignoring inequality
Ju Gosling assess the failures of the interim report of the Equalities Review

Report of the Labour Party National Executive Committee meeting of 23 May 2006