The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Yo, Starmer — the return to the void
VINCE MILLS on the yawning gulf between Labour’s position and public opinion on Gaza
Evidence suggests Lammy’s proposals would come at a high cost: reduced fairness, diminished trust and greater racial inequality in the criminal justice system, argue TARA LAI QUINLAN and KATHARINA KARCHER
After years of austerity and denial under a new Reform UK council, a failing Send service was pushed into the spotlight by staff, unions and parents — culminating in a £1.3m funding boost and a 50% increase in front-line workers. MARTIN PORTER explains
Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the ‘natural’ zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
Trade union leaderships have so far stopped short of the bold industrial action over Gaza seen in Italy and Greece. NATHAN HENNEBRY calls for a re-radicalising of the union movement and rebuilding class power as vital to turning solidarity into action
Held at a last-minute undisclosed venue amid fear of disruption, a Women’s Rights Network event brought together authors and activists, offering a day of debate on feminism’s past, present and future. JADE MIDDLETON reports
THE Gazan crisis has surely exposed, if indeed it wasn’t already perfectly obvious, that Keir Starmer is prepared to brook no obstacle in his obeisance to US imperialism, even before he takes office as the British prime minister.
The title of this article refers to an infamous, patronising greeting offered to Tony Blair by George W Bush in July 2006 at the St Petersburg G8 summit.
A few days before that summit, Hezbollah militants crossed from Lebanon into Israel and ambushed two Israeli army vehicles, killing three soldiers and capturing two others, using rockets fired on several Israeli towns as a diversion. In response Israel launched a devastating attack on Lebanon.
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This ceasefire is clearly not enough, and we must be allowed to continue our protests, argues DIANE ABBOTT