You’ll never guess why a quick peace in Ukraine might be in the ambassador to Washington’s interests, writes SOLOMON HUGHES. Actually, of course you will – he stands to make a lot of money from his business links to Russia
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Action for justice is needed as there are currently 3,000 prisoners behind bars under ‘Imprisonment for Public Protection,’ even though this type of sentence was abolished in 2012, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
CARLOS MARTINEZ condemns Europe’s failure to develop genuine autonomy from US hegemony, as leaders like Starmer and Macron cling to a declining imperial order rather than building good relations with the emerging powers
In response to the massive wave of campus protests and encampments against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the managers of our leading higher education institutions are targeting their own students, reports SABINA PRICE
Behind the war fever, there is more than just the alleged threat of Russia; economic decline and the struggle for geopolitical dominance play a crucial role in the increasing militarisation of our continent, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
ROGER McKENZIE argues that Africa's ultimate liberation depends on its ability to decolonise itself including the redrawing of its present national borders imposed by Europe
While the US president dreams of a grotesque, neocolonial ‘Riviera of the Middle East,’ Architects for Gaza are working to restore services and rebuild communities on the exact sites of homes destroyed by Israel, writes EMMA DENT COAD
Trump’s threats to ‘take back’ the canal amid false claims of Chinese influence have sparked nationwide protests and evoked painful memories of 1964, when US troops killed 21 Panamanian student protesters, reports TAN WAH PIOW
BARELY two weeks since Labour swept to power, prison reform and the desperate need to tackle overcrowding has swept the headlines.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned of the “total collapse” of the prison system and a “total breakdown of law and order” if urgent action is not taken. Thousands of prisoners are now due to be released early at the start of September.
All this shows there’s no time like the present to get started with some progressive reforms that will put an end to historic miscarriages of justice, improve the role and outcomes of the criminal justice system, and end the systemic overcrowding of prisons.
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