ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
When punk took on the prime minister: the story of On Resistance Street
When Boris Johnson claimed The Clash were one of his all-time favourite bands, a group of outraged real punk fans decided it was time to reassert punk’s radical, anti-racist, anti-fascist roots. LOUISE RAW explains
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros performing live on stage at the Fleadh 2002 Music festival, Finsbury Park, North London
Long before modern labour movements, England’s farmworkers fought back against their oppression – and for some, like Elizabeth Studham, the price was exile to Australia. MAT COWARD tells the story
As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR
CARLOS MARTINEZ reports on China’s role in helping Cuba develop self-sufficiency in renewable energy, which would shield it from the sort of pain Donald Trump is inflicting with his oil blockade
JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
“Don’t pretend to like the Clash, you lying Tory fuckbrain!”: Clash fan to Boris Johnson (X).
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