JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
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‘I predict a riot?’
Socialist historian KEITH FLETT is unconvinced by right-wing scaremongering regarding the inevitability of a 'Brexit betrayal' rampage
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
New workplace rights are welcome, but the survival of the trade union movement will be determined not in Westminster but in workplaces across the country, argues JOHN CARSON
Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
ACCORDING to a recent front page of Rupert Murdoch’s Times (not a source one should take too seriously) a “senior Cabinet minister” has claimed that there will be civil unrest and riots similar to the gilets jaunes movement in France (whose protests continue largely unreported in Britain) if Brexit doesn’t happen on October 31.
The anonymous source was backed up on a BBC politics programme by right-wing blogger Brendan O’Neill, who not only predicted riots but argued that they should take place.
Predicting riots is not such a simple matter, however.
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