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
We must fight to oppose this energy rip off
We cannot wait for capitalism to grow a conscience — without direct government intervention, consumer prices will never get lower and the transition to a truly sustainable energy system will never happen, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Eight million were already living in fuel poverty, but that figure is set to triple this winter.
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
BRITAIN is at a moment of crisis. Fuel poverty is now our number one societal scourge. People are worried about the months ahead and bills arriving on the doormat that they simply cannot afford to pay. We are the fifth richest country on the planet, we should be able to keep our citizens warm at an affordable price.
That eight million of our citizens were already living in fuel poverty before any of the recent price rises is alarming, but that figure is set to triple this winter. We cannot allow the push for profits to condemn yet more people to a cold and miserable winter, where cold homes place a burden on the health of our communities.
I am very worried that the 77 per cent rise in energy bills over the last year will make the figures above even worse. We used to say that people faced a choice between heating and eating. My fear and I suspect the reality, is that people can no longer afford to do either.
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