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MIKE COWLEY welcomes half a century of remarkable work, that begins before the Greens and invites a connection to — and not a division from — nature
CIA torture: a very disingenuous mea culpa
Paddy McGuffin finds the CIA reaction to the recent torture report wanting
ANDREW MURRAY recommends a volume of essays that nail the visionless, racist and neoliberal character of policy under Starmer’s Labour Party
JONATHAN TAYLOR appreciates how, for a black British musician, to walk onstage can be a rebellious act
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
Like dictators of the past, Trump is seeking an enforcement agency answering only to him, asserts CJ ATKINS
From tens of thousands left abandoned to a militarised ‘looting’ crackdown, Hurricane Katrina laid bare racial inequities and government neglect, writes NATALIA MARQUES
So, there you have it. The CIA tortured hundreds if not thousands of people and hid behind the egregious euphemism of “enhanced interrogation.” Quelle surprise!
In further shock news Pontiff wears funny hat and ursine mammals defecate in arboreal surroundings.
The evidence published this week by a US Senate committee was indeed damning — as far as it went — detailing as it did, waterboarding, sleep deprivation, beatings and rectal force feeding among numerous other charming techniques routinely employed by the spooks.
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