SOLOMON HUGHES examines the shift in Labour rhetoric on racism and Reform UK – and what’s driving it
China’s record is one of solidarity with Palestine
DIRK NIMMEGEERS asks why Western activists rarely draw attention to the Chinese government’s efforts to promote Palestinian unity, shield their right to resist occupation and press for establishment of a truly sovereign Palestine
STRAIGHT TALKING: China’s deputy permanent
representative to the UN Geng Shuang, who last
week warned Israel would turn the West Bank into a
second ‘hell on Earth’ – the first being Gaza – if the
UN security council does not rein the rogue state in
A new report says the government’s purchase of US nuclear-armed aircraft prioritises transatlantic politics over military needs and ignored its own Strategic Defence Review, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
MAT COWARD reminds us that the resilience of ordinary folk can turn the tables on the mighty and 'entitled'
JACK DAVIDSON explains the motivation behind the UCU strike action at the University of Sheffield
DYLAN MURPHY focuses on the big tech oligarchs’ war against workers and how AI and robotics could destroy 100 million US jobs by 2035
Davie and Turness are two scalps for Trump, Farage and Johnson, writes STEPHEN ARNELL
DEMONSTRATIONS, debates and meetings on Gaza are generally of good quality.
Organisations and media outlets courageously go against the tide. It is therefore disappointing that in the campaign there is a deafening silence about China and its principles, proposals and actions.
For example, in debates in Belgium this summer, there was only a very brief mention of Beijing’s diplomatic tour de force uniting the 14 largest Palestinian resistance organisations around a declaration and programme of internal reconciliation. If nobody in the audience had asked about the Beijing Declaration, the panellists themselves would not have mentioned it.
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