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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Women are hit especially hard by the housing crisis – but there’s no good reason why they have to stay silent about it, says REBECCA WINSON
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
One, it was arse-clenchingly cold.
Two, I warmed up due to a mega blush caused by asking Jeremy Corbyn — one of only two Labour MPs who showed up, we invited them all — if he was from the Labour Party and him drily responding: “Your research precedes you.”
Three, the lukewarm but heart-wrenching lack of surprise I felt when I saw the story on a fellow protester’s placard: “Evicted For Being A Woman Who Answers Back.”
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