The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
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¡Viva la solidaridad! Latin America’s left leads the way
SAM BROWSE, of Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America, explains why it’s vital that the left in Britain expresses solidarity with a renewed ‘pink tide’
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Taking a brief look at who the US president surrounds himself with reveals a team dedicated to the complete erasure of Palestine, not justice and civil rights for its people, writes TERRY HANSEN
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
Following comments made by Robert Jenrick about the people of Handsworth, the TUC, together with 12 trade unions representing members who live and work in the area, have issued a joint letter calling for the Conservative Party to take immediate action
With the rise of Reform and the flag-raising phenomenon, it’s hard not to recall my family’s struggles with racism, from Teddy Boys attacking my pregnant mother to me being told to ‘go back to the jungle’ at only five years old, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
The move to restrict exports of the important rare earth metals that China has a 90% monopoly on has provoked Trump to declare a 100% tariff on Chinese exports and other retaliatory measures, reports DYLAN MURPHY
AROUND the world we are going through major crises: the ongoing pandemic; the continuing climate chaos; and, in many parts of the world, the cost-of-living crisis.
In Britain, we’ve seen Covid deaths reach over 200,000; dangerous and unprecedented temperatures which have led to fires across the country; and skyrocketing energy bills and soaring prices, after more than a decade of stagnating wages and declining conditions in the workplace.
It’s clear that the problems we face in Britain are symptomatic of these global challenges and that means we’ll need global action to address them — changing the way that we do global politics, and restructuring institutions so that international public need comes before the greed of multinational corporations.
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