NICK MATTHEWS recalls how the ideals of socialism and the holding of goods in common have an older provenance than you might think
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A shocking pattern of abuse revealed
Brook House inquiry: Evidence of gut-wrenching abuse and mistreatment inside ‘hell-hole’ detention centre must serve as warning against Tory plans to ramp up detention, BETHANY RIELLY argues
Campaigners outside Home Office in London, protesting against the conditions inside Brook House immigration removal centre
Nigeria’s presidential spokesman grovels to the West in response to Washington intimidation, writes PAVAN KULKARNI
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
SWEE ANG, the founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians, is a big believer in the power of small actions, and she is the living proof it works, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the difficulties surrounding freedom of expression
Kenny MacAskill remembers a ‘Sovietologist’ and voice for peace and reconciliation at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
AS THE Tories push ahead with their anti-refugee laws, an overlooked public inquiry has been unravelling some of the worst abuses inside Britain’s detention regime.
Concluding earlier this month, the Brook House inquiry into alleged mistreatment at the removal centre near Gatwick laid bare a shocking pattern of abuse against detainees by those responsible for their care.
Chaired by Kate Eves, the probe painted a disturbing picture of a chaotic and dangerously understaffed facility, then run by security firm G4S, where a culture of racism and the dehumanisation of detainees was allowed to flourish unchecked thanks to the indifference and inaction of senior management.
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