Since Ahmad al-Sharaa came to power in Syria, the Damascus government has been given carte blanche to use maximum force against any threat to its continued rule, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
Class metamorphosis in Starmer’s Labour
As more of us find ourselves locked out or expelled by Labour, a simple explanation of the leadership's motivation lies with their personal social aspirations, writes ANYA COOK
Keir Starmer’s hiring Tim Allan from Tory-led Strand Partners is another illustration of Labour’s corporate-influence world where party differences matter less than business connections, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
The truth will out: we are here to unveil the full scale of the government’s complicity in genocide and to hold it to account for the monstrous bloodshed in Palestine, writes JEREMY CORBYN
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
KEITH BENNETT reflects on witnessing the grand parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of China’s Victory Day, which impressively showcased advanced military technology
IT’S a fair cop! I have been caught — in a “prohibited act.”
My Labour Party membership days have been numbered since appealing last summer’s investigation into sharing a 2021 Facebook event about the Grunwick Strikes, hosted by an organisation not proscribed until 18 months later.
Momentum’s solicitor contacted me for appeal details because I was then one of two people who had appealed successfully of the hundreds of members expelled.
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