There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
Erdogan regime steps up attacks on trade unionists
The arrest of trade union leader Remzi Caliskan on charges of connections to the PKK, which have not been proven in nine years of investigation, is a worrying development for Turkey, writes KEMAL GOKTAS
FACING DOWN THE AKP: Disk and other trade unions attempt march to Taksim Sqaure, Istanbul, May 1 2013
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
TURKEY’S ruling AKP has long used the judiciary as a political tool, targeting individuals and groups to suppress dissent under the guise of legality. This strategy enables control not only over politics but also over social life, leaving little room for independent thought or action.
The mass arrests of politicians, union leaders, journalists and artists following police raids have become routine. These incidents, once shocking, are now so normalised that even judicial practices bordering on scandal fail to provoke outrage.
However, politically motivated judicial actions do more than violate individual rights. They undermine legal security, creating a society where anyone could be arbitrarily jailed. The recent crackdown on trade union leaders and human rights defenders highlights this concerning reality.
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