As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
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Labour's attacks on refugees are shameful
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME: (L to R) Refugees Sulieman Adam and Abel Zenebe during a United 4 Communities football session run by Rotherham United Community Trust, November 2024; Foreign Secretary David Lammy seizes on a photo opportunity in Adre refugee camp in Chad, across the border with South Sudan, on January
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
SEVIM DAGDELEN argues that a legal framework exists for a closure of US and Nato military base in Ramstein
KEIR STARMER’S Labour government is on a mission to be the most anti-migrant government we have ever seen, and it’s not far off achieving it within its first year in office.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen the true face of our new government when it comes to immigration. While many of us didn’t think it could get worse after years of Conservative governments, Labour seems keen to prove its xenophobia is right up there with the worst of them.
The new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has been celebrated by some because it repeals in full the Safety of Rwanda Act, and revokes a large amount of the draconian Illegal Migration Act. But this new law holds on to multiple cruel measures, including increased detention powers and reduced protections for survivors of modern slavery. It also removes the ability to claim asylum from specific countries, which will put people fleeing persecution for being LGBTQIA+ at particular risk. And, in keeping with the last government, this law continues the dangerous rhetoric that people searching for safety in this country are criminals.
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