With speculation growing about a Labour leadership contest in 2026, only a decisive break with the current direction – on the economy, foreign policy and migrants – can avert disaster and offer a credible alternative, writes DIANE ABBOTT
‘Thousands of Mexican families are living in limbo’
LUPITA VALDEZ of Justice Mexico Now speaks with Ben Cowles about the human rights crisis in Mexico
Women protest in Mexico on International Victims of Enforced Disappearances Day
Repression against left-wing, anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity structures in Germany is increasingly aimed at undermining their economic means of existence, says LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
Decades of centre-left accommodation and deepening inequality have opened the door to a hard-right restoration — posing stark challenges for the left, argues FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
Despite systemic racism and far-right hostility, Britain’s migrant and black communities continue to contribute, inspire, and resist. Through education, art, and intergenerational solidarity, the next generation can help shape a future rooted in justice, understanding, and hope, says ZITA HOLBOURNE
JULIA BARD looks at the persistence of anti-semitism on the political right – and its troubling emergence on parts of the left, too
From the mainstreaming of far-right ideas to Europe’s looming conflicts, 2025 has been a year of sharp warnings. The coming year demands decisive action before these crises escalate, writes ANDREW MURRAY
ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2014, around 100 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in Guerrero, Southern Mexico, were on their way to Mexico City to join an anniversary march in remembrance of those killed in the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre.
Without the transport or the funds to get themselves there, the students headed to the nearby town of Iguala, where they commandeered two buses.
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