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Keith Barlow
Industry Secretary Tony Benn and his daughter Melissa, 18, leave a church hall polling station on Portobello Road, after casting their votes in the European Referendum on the Common Market
Politics / 5 June 2025
5 June 2025

KEITH BARLOW examines the 1975 referendum that saw Britain vote to stay in the EEC, revealing how Tony Benn understood that EU free-market principles and capital movement rules would tie the hands of any government putting people’s interests before corporate profits

MASSACRE: The Trade Unions House of Odessa, Ukraine, during
Features / 2 May 2024
2 May 2024
There are parallels between these two pitch-black episodes of European history which should never be forgotten — and they should make those who wish to send yet more weapons to Ukraine think twice, writes KEITH BARLOW
Features / 17 February 2023
17 February 2023
The man who oversaw the peaceful yet tragic end to state socialism in the east, then stayed to fight for the working class in the newly unified Germany, passed away on February 10, aged 95. KEITH BARLOW salutes his life and career
Features / 1 August 2021
1 August 2021
The legal attempts to exclude the German Communist Party from the Bundestag Elections have failed — but no thanks to some parts of Die Linke, writes KEITH BARLOW