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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth
Features / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

Trump Is Building a Legal and Military Architecture to Invade Latin America. SARA VIVACQUA reports

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and party candidate Robert Kenyon outside St Aidan's Parish Centre in Wigan, before Kenyon casts his vote in the Makerfield by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of Josh Simons, June 18, 2026
Analysis / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

Rising support for Farage’s party reflects Labour’s failure to defend working-class living standards or offer a credible alternative to neoliberal decline, says JOSEPH MILLS

High water levels on the River Wye in Hereford which has burst it's banks, after Storm Darragh hit Britain and Ireland, December 8, 2024
Borderlands: A Country Diary / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

The Wye, Usk, Arrow and Lugg were once treasured for their clean waters – today, pollution and corporate excess are fuelling demands for a return to public ownership, says MARK SEDDON

MORE SYMBOLIC THAN SUBSTANTIAL: Colombian Navy ship ARC Caribe in a deserted Havana port after delivering humanitarian aid last Friday, June 12, 2926
Latin America / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

In the wake of his recent humanitarian visit to Cuba, RICHARD BURGON points to the now urgent need to defend the island’s political sovereignty and its right to self-determination

STEADFAST RESISTANCE: UCU members at Edinburgh University on a five-day walk-out in a dispute over plans to cut £140 million from the university budget, September 2025
Education / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

Thousands of jobs are at risk across higher education, yet government funding appears only when universities can be linked to military objectives, says JO GRADY, in the run-up to the Stop the War International Conference this Saturday

A health worker doing admin
Features / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE

Unison flag
Features / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains

John Healey
Eyes Wright / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT

Girls walking in Tajrish Square, Tehran, this week
Features / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT

Palestine solidarity marchers in London on March 28
Features / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday

TAKING FROM WELFARE TO GIVE TO WARFARE: Keir Starmer during a visit to defence contractor Stark in Swindon on June 5 2026
Features / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE

RESILIENCE: Phlebotomists in Gloucestershire, members of Unison, mark their 236th day of industrial action during a rally outside Gloucester Shire Hall last November
Features / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon