Following a fratricidal period for the left with Morales and Arce at loggerheads, right-wing, anti-MAS candidates obtained over 85 per cent of the votes cast in the latest general election, writes FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
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A wake-up call to the true nature of Starmerism
There’s a swathe of people now belatedly realising just how right-wing and policy-free Starmer’s Labour now is, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
The US could imminently return to the Wild West days of widespread and sometimes violent corporate repression of workers, says MARK GRUENBERG
Thousands rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday, against the war of extermination of Gaza, reports AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN
From training Israeli colonels during the slaughter to protecting Israel at the UN, senior British figures should fear Article 3 of the Genocide Convention that criminalises complicity in mass killing, writes IAN SINCLAIR
General secretary of the YCL GEORGINA ANDREWS looks at the priorities of her organisation, from Palestine solidarity to trade unionism and fighting privatisation at a local level, ahead of its 52nd congress
LUKE FLETCHER fleshes out Plaid Cymru's plan for the revitalisation of Wales's economy
THERE is a real “Oh, now they tell us!” feeling when you read the newspapers right now — more of the political press are open that Keir Starmer is working for the right wing of the Labour Party.
Even quite soft-left and centrist pundits are worried this means we are facing a “hopeless” election, with an opposition party that doesn’t oppose much and promises less.
It would have been more useful if they had reported these predictable truths when Starmer was running for Labour leader. Or in the earlier days of his rule when Starmer was less solidly in post.
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