ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
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Massive participation is essential for Nupes to win in the second round of the legislatives
Next Sunday we will know if France will take a new political direction with Jean-Luc Melenchon as prime minister, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
A banner reading "vote nupes" featuring French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is pictured in Marseille, southern France, Friday, June 10, 2022.
The obfuscation of Nazism’s capitalist roots has seen imperialism redeploy fascism again and again — from the killing fields of Guatemala to the war in Ukraine, writes PAWEL WARGAN
From Workers’ Memorial Day to May Day rallies, TOM MORRISON examines the real challenges facing the labour movement as Reform UK’s glossy literature exploits legitimate grievances in traditional left strongholds
Calls have been made for the return to Venezuela of a two-year-old girl currently being held in the US, after being separated from her family by immigration officials, reports SUSAN GREY
In the first of two articles, DANIEL POWELL investigates the causal aspects of the Russo-Ukrainian war as Britain commemorates 80 years since VE Day
IT IS with trepidation that the French left is waiting for the outcome of the second round of the legislative elections next Sunday, June 19.
Nupes, the new left coalition which stands for Nouvelle Union Populaire Ecologique et Sociale (New Social and Ecological People’s Union) is challenging President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc Ensemble! (Together).
Following his 22 per cent score in April’s presidential contest, Jean-Luc Melenchon’s score rose in this first round of the legislatives, giving him a slight lead of 26.6 per cent over Macron’s 25.20 per cent.
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