Marco Rubio views 1945 as a defeat for the West, wants to revise the post-war order, while German ministers lead the standing ovation. SEVIM DAGDELEN reports
Forging a better road for tomorrow
SIMON BRIGNELL explains why he’s compelled to stand in Cambridge local election on a Communist Party ticket
PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMME: Simon Brignell
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JENNY KASSMAN documents the state-sponsored and ever more brutal and ruthless moves to ethnically cleanse the West Bank
The newly elected general secretary of the Aslef train drivers’ union speaks to Ben Chacko about union wins, a welcome shift in approach to the rail sector and what still needs to be done
CHRIS NINEHAM, who along with Ben Jamal, is one of the activists facing trial over a Gaza demo last year, talks to Ben Chacko about the state’s increasing use of force against peaceful protest, and the significance of increasing imperial aggression around the globe
Higher growth removes the risks of being swamped by debt and interest payments and should be the way forward for British economy, argues DIANE ABBOTT
While advocating the aubergine or eggplant’s case for a space on your windowsill or patio, MAT COWARD suggest prayers might be required too
ACROSS the length and breadth of Britain, the local elections are once again upon us.
This year, my tradition of marching to the voting station with the bold intent of ticking a box and having a pint in the pub next door afterwards has been expertly dashed by the exasperating scenes I witnessed just weeks earlier in a Cambridge City Council meeting.
Said meeting was a housing scrutiny committee meeting to discuss the progress of a consultation for the redevelopment of Ekin Road. For those who don’t know, Ekin Road is in Cambridge’s most deprived ward, Abbey, while Cambridge itself is often cited as Britain’s most unequal city.
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