The truth will out: we are here to unveil the full scale of the government’s complicity in genocide and to hold it to account for the monstrous bloodshed in Palestine, writes JEREMY CORBYN
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Journalists must be able to work safely, free from attack
Online abuse and threats towards journalists are part of a broader decline in standards in the public sphere, writes NUJ leader MICHELLE STANISTREET
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
KEITH BENNETT reflects on witnessing the grand parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of China’s Victory Day, which impressively showcased advanced military technology
While 69 per cent of Ukrainians want negotiated peace, Western leaders are cynically prolonging the war for their own strategic and economic goals, to the immense detriment of Ukraine and Europe, write BOB ORAM and MAGGIE SIMPSON
Zarah Sultana’s recent brave criticisms of Labour from 2015 to 2020, including Brexit triangulation, IHRA capitulation and insufficient fighting spirit, have ruffled feathers but started an essential discussion, writes ANDREW MURRAY
US baseless accusations of drug trafficking and the outrageous putting of a bounty on a president of a sovereign country do not bode well, reports PABLO MERIGUET
I HAVE lost count in the past year or more — or however long it has been since the world seemed to upend itself — of the occasions when it seemed a new low has been struck in what are parlous and depressing levels of public discourse in Britain.
Whether it is manufactured outrage, coordinated social media pile-ons, the trumping of common sense by determined political ideology or ill thought-out knee-jerk commentary — or a combination of all of those things — the cumulative impact is of dysfunctional engagement and weakening standards in public life.
Whatever the motivations, and whether or not it happens in the online sphere, it has a real-life personal and professional impact — not least for individuals caught up in the online fallout, where aggressive and hostile voices are often amplified even if the number of trolls leading the charge are comparatively few.
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