The Labour leadership’s narrow definition of ‘working people’ leads to distorted and unjust Budget calculations, where the unearned income of the super-wealthy doesn’t factor in at all, argues JON TRICKETT MP
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A crackdown fit for a king
With the number of republicans growing, the Establishment is taking no chances with the coronation — the ensuing abuse of our rights is somehow painfully apt for such an ignoble event, writes DAWN EVANS
The Metropolitan Police has sent out intimidatory letters to protest groups, including to Republic who campaign to abolish the monarchy and for an elected head of state. The Met’s letter informed such groups of the new laws and of police intention to crack down on protesters who contravene them
Brazilian workers are calling for internationalist brigades to defend Venezuela from US attack, reports WT WHITNEY JR
KEITH FLETT recalls ‘the most advanced political programme to appear on the left until the time of the Bolsheviks’
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY ask how an 80-tonne whale that lives 200 years is so resistant to cancer
Sixty years of blockade have not made Cuba collapse, but they have devastated it. While Washington stands isolated at the United Nations, the Cuban people are paying the price, writes KATRIEN DEMUYNCK
As Armistice Day approaches, with the far right hoping to use it to promote their own form of ‘patriotism,’ NICK WRIGHT considers the nature of conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries and the different ways they should be remembered
HERE we go again. Well, at least this time there hasn’t been the interminable 12 never-ending days of wall-to-wall, no-escape, sycophantic coverage as there was last September following the previous monarch’s demise.
Nevertheless, the fake smiles and public-persona masks of the medal-festooned royals will get another airing amongst their diminishing devotees.
And this time an extra treat: we will be honoured with a glimpse of the bejewelled crown itself, estimated to be valued at around £5 billion.
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Everyone knows the royals cost us all a fortune, but recent revelations have shown mind-boggling greedy behaviour, like charging hospitals and cancer charities rent — it’s time for action, writes BERNIE EVANS
