Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
‘I would be more happy in Moria than in this place’
After the notorious refugee camp on the island of Lesbos burnt down in September, a replacement has now been built. But with no shower facilities, clean toilets, water system, power or sufficient food, Moria 2.0 is even worse than its predecessor. BETHANY RIELLY reports
Refugees gather outside the new camp in Kara Tepe, where residents have described inhumane conditions with no running water or sanitation facilities, as they wait to be transferred to mainland Greece
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could be toppled
The late country singer’s Imagination Library has put hundreds of millions of books into children’s hands. We should build on that legacy by defending the libraries at the heart of our communities, says BRENDA AITCHISON
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
MML director MEIRIAN JUMP outlines the recently refreshed library’s busy autumn schedule that ranges from book sales, archival exploration, community work with online education and the ever popular site tours
TONY BURKE surveys the shifting political landscape and the challenges Labour needs to address if it is to prevail in the 2028 federal elections
AS Yasser watched Moria collapse in an orange haze, he saw a flicker of hope in the flames.
After more than a year in the notorious refugee camp on Lesbos, he thought that now, surely, Europe would have to give them a dignified home.
Four weeks on and the young refugee tells me he no longer puts hope in anyone but himself.
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