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Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
Families face a harsh future
On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestine only as long as Israel continues to massacre its inhabitants has been met with outrage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The creative imagination is a weapon against barbarism, writes KENNY COYLE, who is a keynote speaker at the Manifesto Press conference, Art in the Age of Degenerative Capitalism, tomorrow at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School in London
RAMZY BAROUD explains why the world can no longer ignore Palestine
Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
YESTERDAY’S report from the Resolution Foundation exposes the duplicity of Theresa May and Phillip Hammond in spades.
The Prime Minister and her Chancellor claim that the Tory Party is now the “party of working people,” dedicated to helping the “jams” (those “just about managing” to get by). Yet their Budget changes coming into effect this week will leave the better off even better off, while the poorer half of the population takes the biggest hit.
According to the Resolution Foundation’s calculations, four-fifths of the £2 billion gained from rises in income tax thresholds will go to the richer half of society, while the poorest third will suffer two-thirds of the £1bn lost through tax credit and benefit caps and freezes.
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