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Why so surprised? The British electoral process has always been fixed
Far from an unprecedented defeat, the election was a historic endorsement of socialism by millions — so of course it was thwarted by a rigged system, argues NICOLAS LALAGUNA
While Iranians take to the streets en masse to protest sky-high inflation, Trump and Netanyahu are threatening military intervention. The Iranian population is trapped between a repressive regime, a suffocating economic war from the outside, and a history of dark alliances, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
Unison Scotland’s BRENDA AITCHISON says her union won’t tolerate further cuts to public services
The Danish Communist Party’s Lotte Rortoft-Madsen assesses the fallout from US threats to annex the huge Arctic island
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
Once derided by Farage as a ‘fraud,’ Jenrick has defected to Reform, bringing experience and political ruthlessness to the populist right — and raising the unsettling prospect of a Farage-led movement with a seasoned operative pulling the strings, says ANDREW MURRAY
SO the 2019 general election is done, and the neoliberals have won, again. But before we join in with the chorus being led by the 1 per cent attacking Corbyn, let’s take a moment to step back and look at the wider context.
It is at times like these that those new to the struggle for a better society may find their faith wavering. And it is important to remember that what we have just witnessed was simply the most recent step in a very long journey.
My own journey has borne witness to anti-apartheid activism, CND, the miners’ strike, environmentalism, the poll tax revolt, the anti-globalisation movement, Stop The War, Occupy, Black Lives Matter, Keep the NHS Public, Syriza, Podemos, #metoo, Extinction Rebellion, Corbyn winning the leadership of the Labour Party, openly socialist blocs in the US Democratic Party, and then over 10 million people voting for a radical socialist manifesto in a British general election. It is worth remembering just how far we have come.
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