DIANE ABBOTT MP points out the false premises used by Rachel Reeves in the Spring Statement
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Why an Active Boycott of EU elections is necessary
Who in their right minds could imagine that sending Farage to Brussels to pocket yet more MEPs’ expenses could represent a genuine route to win Britain’s departure from the EU, asks ALEX GORDON
Nigel Farage milkshaked
MARK JONES of Toothless in England says the devastating report from MPs on Britain’s worsening dental crisis shows we need immediate action — and explains what must be done
In the last of four extracts from her new memoir, former NUM headquarters staffer HILARY CAVE recalls the 1985 campaign in the Nottinghamshire coalfield against the breakaway unions who went on to sabotage the great strike
Israel’s number one death dealer supplying the IDF in its murderous campaigns against the Palestinians is now actively wining and dining our military top brass, looking to flog its blood-soaked wares, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
Public libraries are sanctuaries which facilitate the exploration of the universe of ideas for free for those curious enough. ROGER McKENZIE advocates their protection against authoritarian incursions, US style
Trump’s recent executive order ends union rights for a large number of federal workers, citing national security concerns after some unions vowed to oppose the massive cuts proposed by the new administration, writes PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
AS polls open in Britain for European parliamentary elections, which should not be taking place given the vote to leave the European Union on June 23 2016, a debate is taking place online and in the pages of the Morning Star on what attitude the left and the labour movement should adopt to these elections.
For much of the media the main story is the irresistible rise of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, officially registered in February this year, although its parent company “The Brexit Party Ltd” (TBP) was incorporated on November 23 2018.
The lure for a populist, cross-class alliance of “pro-democracy, free-thinkers” of European elections, habitually treated as an opportunity for a protest vote, is the preferred narrative of both supporters and critics of Farage’s latest vehicle.
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