The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP
A licence to cover up murder and torture
The Australian Crompvoets report into ‘psychopathic’ behaviour of special forces abroad has a stark warning for Britain as it considers the Overseas Operations Bill, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Defence Minister Johnny Mercer
Corbyn’s intervention exposes a corrupted system, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Paul Holden’s book, The Fraud, exposes a hidden war inside Labour, where claims of anti-semitism, amplified by media power and factional networks, were used to break Corbynism and recast the party. JOHN ELLISON revisits the scandals, investigations and suppressed evidence from that era
In the second of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG introduces the key themes of her book on the Chinese revolution
The growth of Cuba’s biotechnology sector is an example of how socialism can prioritise scientific innovation, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Paul Holden’s The Fraud reveals how a network of donors, MPs and opaque organisations quietly organised to destroy Corbyn’s leadership and manufacture a new centre of power inside Labour, writes JOHN ELLISON
Systems of power enable, excuse and normalise abuse, while survivors are ignored and women’s exploitation is repackaged as commerce and choice, warns CHARLIE WEINBERG
DEFENCE MINISTER Johnny Mercer is currently trying to push the Overseas Operations Bill through Parliament.
The Bill would make it much harder to prosecute British soldiers for crimes committed while on active service abroad, especially five years after the event.
Many Conservative and military figures object to the Bill, because they think exempting soldiers from, for example, prosecutions for torture, would damage the reputation of the army itself.
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As the cover-ups collapse, IAN SINCLAIR looks at the shocking testimony from British forces who would ‘go in and shoot everyone sleeping there’ during night raids — illegal, systematic murder spawned by an illegal invasion
