It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE
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Be under no illusions – the EU stands firm behind Tory austerity
The European Union will always be a capitalist big business club – it’s written into its DNA, says MICK COSTELLO
DR DAVID GORDON SCOTT tells the story of the North Sands Massacre, Sunderland, as part of the ongoing work of remembrance of those killed by soldiers during the 1825 Seafarers Strike and the bicentennial commemorations on Sunday August 3
MATT KERR charts his bike-riding odyssey in aid of the Royal Marsden charity and CWU Humanitarian Aid
JOHN CALLOW tells of the rise, fall and rise again of a young martyr to the early French republic, Joseph Bara, whose short life was elevated by Robespierre and, later, others for its emotional and ideological appeal
April 9 1928 – July 26 2025
OLIVER SNELLING, a south London stonecarver and yeoman stonemason, relates how he is helping bring about a new festival next month
SOME major points must be kept in mind to avoid the debate on In or Out of the EU becoming shrouded in myths and secondary clutter.
First, the EU was created from the original cartel of iron and steel companies, through the broadened scope of the common market to promote the biggest business interests in the states of the capitalist part of western — that is, non-socialist — Europe.
Its rules enforce this, and the promise of a “social Europe” made decades ago has proved to be phoney.
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