As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
Leicester disorder 2022: any review must be impartial
The chair of the government’s review has already been widely rejected – we need a truly independent investigation that confronts the issues of poverty and political extremism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
A new report points a way to overcome complacent framing of climate issues, ‘by sparking a wider public reckoning with climate realities,’ and reconnecting with working-class people. IAN SINCLAIR reports
We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
THE government’s recent announcement that it will conduct a review into the unrest in Leicester last summer has caused significant furore and disquiet, with many condemning both the timing of the announcement and its claim of independence and impartiality.
The government is correct to recognise that Leicester has developed a visibly strong record on cohesion and community relations — and thus it must have come as a shock both domestically and internationally to witness the scenes of disharmony and violence that emerged last year.
The location of the unrest itself occurred entirely in my constituency of Leicester East, covering both the Belgrave and North Evington Wards.
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