ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
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With the aspirations of socialists among the Labour left in Wales frustrated, what other avenues to radical transformation are there, asks LUKE FLETCHER MS
WELSH LABOUR: Structurally wedded to the Union
PHIL KATZ explains how ‘Cultures in Resistance’ is forging a new cultural manifesto
As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR
CARLOS MARTINEZ reports on China’s role in helping Cuba develop self-sufficiency in renewable energy, which would shield it from the sort of pain Donald Trump is inflicting with his oil blockade
JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
I FIRST joined the Labour Party as I was undertaking my GCSEs. Having grown up moored in a working-class community with working-class parents, one of whom was a trade union representative, joining Labour seemed the obvious thing to do.
In Wales, it’s scarcely questioned. Electoral muscle memory and hereditary Labourism run almost gene-deep.
As my political interests burgeoned and my engagement grew, the idea that I would be able to contribute to the socialist struggle via my involvement in Labour was dissipating.
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