The truth will out: we are here to unveil the full scale of the government’s complicity in genocide and to hold it to account for the monstrous bloodshed in Palestine, writes JEREMY CORBYN
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Prevent: the ‘safety net’ that’s full of holes
We should scrap the infamous anti-terror programme: it is ineffective and counter-productive, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Prevent trawls through entire communities, catching thousands of innocent people in its net each year
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
KEITH BENNETT reflects on witnessing the grand parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of China’s Victory Day, which impressively showcased advanced military technology
While 69 per cent of Ukrainians want negotiated peace, Western leaders are cynically prolonging the war for their own strategic and economic goals, to the immense detriment of Ukraine and Europe, write BOB ORAM and MAGGIE SIMPSON
Zarah Sultana’s recent brave criticisms of Labour from 2015 to 2020, including Brexit triangulation, IHRA capitulation and insufficient fighting spirit, have ruffled feathers but started an essential discussion, writes ANDREW MURRAY
US baseless accusations of drug trafficking and the outrageous putting of a bounty on a president of a sovereign country do not bode well, reports PABLO MERIGUET
THIS week, Parliament debated the government’s new Counter-Terrorism Bill. In that debate, some of us opposed the continuation of the divisive Prevent programme. This position should be taken up not only by the left as a whole but by the labour movement, by all those fighting for a less divided society. It should also be adopted by all of us who want to combat the scourge of terrorism, which increasingly has a far-right component as well as terrorists whose outlook is based on some distorted view of the ravages in the Middle East.
The stakes in any debate about terrorism and how to successfully combat it are extremely high. They involve the lives and liberties of us all. Children as well as adults have lost their lives in the terrible attacks that have taken place, such as the horrific Manchester Arena bombing. Police officers have been murdered, among them PC Keith Palmer. We were all shocked by the murder of a MP when Jo Cox was brutally taken from us. There have been many others and it is right that we remember them all.
The purpose of any counter-terror legislation should be to minimise the recurrence of these terrible incidents. This needs a cool head and careful consideration of the effectiveness of all measures — whether they actually help to minimise terror attacks or whether they are ineffective or even hinder our counter-terror efforts.
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