As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
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Coronavirus in the developing world and the flaws of pandemic bonds
The real purpose of pandemic bonds is a thinly disguised money-spinning enterprise for international capital, writes JULIAN JONES
Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, during lockdown
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
SEVIM DAGDELEN argues that a legal framework exists for a closure of US and Nato military base in Ramstein
THE worst effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have so far been limited to developed or relatively developed nations.
But as the spread of the disease continues at breakneck speed, questions have begun to emerge about the capacity of healthcare systems to cope with the outbreaks.
The numbers are staggering and medical equipment to deal with the respiratory effects caused by the virus is in short supply, even in the most advanced countries.
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