The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Time to bury the Tory policies driving this crisis
RICHARD BURGON MP writes that rebuilding Britain will require not simply a Labour government, but a conscious ditching of the Tory ideology and policies that have caused so much damage
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
ANYONE watching the Tory Party conference could only conclude that this is a government on its last legs.
Instead of offering a plan to deal with the huge crises facing our communities, it felt more like a Tory leadership hustings as ministers jockeyed for position in anticipation of losing the next election.
Lacklustre ministerial speeches in a near-empty hall offered no answers to any of the deep problems that scar our country.
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