ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
Rebuilding our manufacturing via socially responsible finance
FAWZI IBRAHIM argues that there will be no significant economic progress unless we re-invest in Britain's manufacturing base and find ways for reducing our dependence on the whims of private finance via state-run banks
A new and substantial government regime of industrial and regional economic aid must be established to begin to rebuild the industrial base. Where necessary, measures of public ownership should be adopted especially where vital industries are under threat.
Long before modern labour movements, England’s farmworkers fought back against their oppression – and for some, like Elizabeth Studham, the price was exile to Australia. MAT COWARD tells the story
As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR
CARLOS MARTINEZ reports on China’s role in helping Cuba develop self-sufficiency in renewable energy, which would shield it from the sort of pain Donald Trump is inflicting with his oil blockade
JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
IT is one thing to expose government’s policies and its incompetence and oppose the attacks on living standards, workers’ rights and welfare provisions, and it is another to come up with the policies that will take the country forward.
It is important to raise our ambitions above the relentless day-to-day struggle to defend pay, conditions and democratic rights — as important as these are — for perpetual defence leads to permanent subjugation. The time is ripe for the working class to stamp its authority on the situation and make politicians dance to our tune.
The crisis that plagues capitalism today is different from those of the 1970s, ‘80s or ‘90s. Capitalism is no longer upbeat with an all-conquering globalisation poised to take over the world, smashing national borders and crashing all opposition in the name of profit.
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