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
There’s no debate now: humans are socialist not selfish — so let’s take control
What workers are ‘essential’? All workers are essential. This crisis has shown workers their real strength — and the left must rush to solidify those gains, writes DOUG NICHOLLS
Wembley Arch is illuminated in blue to show its appreciation to the NHS amid the coronavirus outbreak in London
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
ADDING 8,000 beds from the private healthcare sector and some 20,000 staff was essential. It reminds us that private healthcare provision couldn’t even scratch the surface of caring for the nation’s health needs.
It reminds us too that healthcare professionals are not just brave and skilled but bound ethically to enhancing and saving life regardless of any characteristics of their patients other than their common humanity.
Compare this with bankers and big corporate capitalists. Hopefully their house cleaners will be working from their own homes and emailing instructions on how to dust.
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