Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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Solidarity with Latin America in a time of coronavirus
ADRIAN WEIR surveys the prospects for a continent under continual threat of imperialist interference and destabilisation
A man wearing a mask against the spread of the coronavirus coughs as he walks in the Cristo del Consuelo neighbourhood of Guayaquil, Ecuador, which has been particularly hard hit by the illness
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
OUT of a mainly dreadful filling of the second rank of shadow ministerial posts, I was pleased to see that my local MP, Catherine West, has been appointed a shadow Foreign Office minister responsible for the Americas and Europe.
She now of course has the unenviable task of trying to navigate a path for Labour to deal with the madman across the water.
West has a good record on international issues. She was in lockstep with Jeremy Corbyn on the Chagos Islands and in the past has always met constituents taking part in Palestine Solidarity Campaign-organised parliamentary lobbies on Palestine.
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