Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
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The Rent Trap: Educational but not agitational
An informative book on the scandal which is private-sector renting doesn’t go far enough for JOANA RAMIRO
As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
• The Rent Trap: How We Fell Into It and How We Get Out of It, Samir Jeraj and Rosie Walker (Pluto Press/Left Book Club, £12.99)
THE night after I read the first chapter of The Rent Trap I was assaulted by a series of anxiety dreams.
They were populated by rogue landlords locking me out of my own home and emails warning that my rent was now going up by 10 per cent.
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