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
Making waves for Corbyn
Corbyn’s leadership destroyed the cosy Establishment consensus that austerity was necessary and there’s greater class consciousness than there has been for decades. These are good reasons why the left should not give up, writes CHELLEY RYAN
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 right-wing media are having orgasms over the anti-democratic decision of Sir Keir Starmer and the NEC to prevent the members of Islington North from reselecting Jeremy Corbyn as their candidate for the fourth decade running.
According to Starmer’s motion voted on by the NEC, Corbyn puts a Labour victory in jeopardy because he single-handedly lost the 2019 general election.
The bulldozing of the “red wall” by Boris Johnson with his winning “Get Brexit done” slogan has absolutely nothing to do with the slippery, empty vessel that is the current Labour leader.
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