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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2017 – a year of elections, new brooms and sausage rolls
NATHAN AKEHURST casts an eye back at the year just gone
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
I BEGAN writing this column while London was grinding to a halt under a Siberian 0.5cm of snow. I didn’t think it worth complaining too much. It’s another excuse to stay in and drink more and, with terror attacks literally more frequent than snowfall, it’s understandable that gritting has slipped down the council’s priority list.
In any case, Gritney Spears and Brad Grit (the actual names for two northern town hall gritters) may be running low on salt but are probably more prepared for Brexit than David Davis.
There is a distinct challenge in filling a light-hearted Year in Review column when 1) you’re not that funny, 2) you know next to nothing about pop culture because you spend too much time swearing at the Guardian’s comment section and 3) virtually nothing light-hearted has happened this year.
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