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IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Believing your own hype
the transmogrification from Butcher of Sabra to 'a man of peace'
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
Did somebody say something? No?
Sorry, it's just that this column thought it had been suffering problems with its hearing of late. A kind of all-encompassing deafness followed by an annoying ringing in the ears that builds up to intolerable levels.
Then it realised that it was just the sound of blatant self-censorship by the bold members of the fourth estate quickly followed by the usual execrably hagiographic revisionism and the sound of thousands of eyes being nonchalantly averted from the glaring truth.
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