A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
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As Truss unleashes ‘Thatcherism 2.0’ Labour must show people we are on their side
We might be leading in the polls, but our devastated country cannot wait up to two years for an election — Labour must be forcing concessions and retreats from Truss’s obscene neoliberal cabal here and now, writes RICHARD BURGON MP
GROWING SOLIDARITY: Workers from different unions and their supporters take part in a pro-strike rally, Glasgow, August 26
Despite new European arrests, the evidence presented so far fails to explain the sabotage of the undersea pipelines – and veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh’s allegations of US responsibility cannot be easily dismissed, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
MAT COWARD tells the story of the eccentric founder of a short-lived but striking experiment in ‘vital democracy,’ who became best known for giving away his estate to the nation
As figures from Tucker Carlson to Nigel Farage flirt with neofascist rhetoric and mainstream leaders edge toward authoritarianism through war and repression, the conditions that once nurtured Hitlerism re-emerge — yet anti-war and anti-imperialist sentiments are also burgeoning anew, writes ANDREW MURRAY
As President Javier Milei is set to unveil a radical rollback of Argentina’s labour laws, unions warn of an unprecedented assault on workers’ rights, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG
LIZ TRUSS spent years carefully preparing Thatcher-style photo ops to maximise her appeal to the Tory base. Just weeks into her new government, it is clear she intends to govern like Thatcher too.
Her new Cabinet is one of the most right wing in modern history. Could there be anyone worse in charge of workers’ rights and key climate policies than Jacob Rees-Mogg?
New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng once co-authored a book along with Truss labelling British workers as “among the worst idlers in the world.” As Home Secretary Suella Braverman seems determined to out-right even Priti Patel on bashing migrants and undermining human rights.
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