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Trump’s vision of ‘might is right’ signals the collapse of the postwar order — and a warning of who may be next, warns BOB ORAM
Poverty is stalking the country
JEREMY CORBYN says there's no point in celebrating new jobs if they don't pay enough for people to live on
ROGER McKENZIE pays tribute to a communist, internationalist and organiser, who endures, 50 years after his death, not just as a towering artist but as a master teacher of struggle
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY reflects on 2025, tracing how war, imperialism, shrinking democratic spaces and neoliberal restructuring shaped global and Indian politics – pointing towards the urgent task of building a more democratic and just future
RAMZY BAROUD sees Gaza abandoned while the genocide continues
ANDREW MURRAY offers some troubling thoughts on pressing political issues
Tensions have once again escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia over GERD, Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, and now Trump has offered to mediate. NICHOLAS MWANGI reports
David Cameron and his government have made much of the latest headline figures on unemployment, which claims to show a big fall in the numbers of jobless.
Leader of the House Andrew Lansley claimed last week that more people were in work than ever before in Britain.
This came less than 18 hours after the Conservative-Lib Dem majority in the house voted down a Labour motion on the use of foodbanks in Britain.
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