The US is hell-bent on dismantling the International Criminal Court as part of its assault on global legal systems, but others also have valid reasons to seek its demise. BEN CHACKO provides the analysis
Art and politics intertwine at the Eisteddfod
MEIC BIRTWISTLE wanders through an exhibition that captures the soul of the Valleys, past and present, as Archdruids rub shoulders with Cuban ambassadors in Pontypridd
The entrance to the Eisteddfod festival 2024
A small Palestinian village is under attack from illegal settlers and the Israeli state to forcibly extend their illegal settlements. It is a template for the future, writes RAMZY BAROUD
The fawning obituaries have painted a flattering portrait of Rod Liddle. STEPHEN ARNELL offers a rather less reverential view of the man and his legacy
Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
Glasgow will remember the martyrs of the 1787 strike this weekend in speech and song, their spirit is sorely needed today, writes JIM LISTER
THE beginning of the week at the National Eisteddfod saw the National Library of Wales celebrating the life of the late Labour politician Ann Clwyd. She won her constituency, Cwm Cynon, part of the “bro” or catchment area for this year’s festival, in the miners’ strike of 1984. Before her death, she had contributed 260 boxes of material to the library’s political archive.
A controversial figure in Welsh politics, her major feat was to be elected in Cwm Cynon, the first female MP to represent a south Wales industrial Valleys seat, and then only the fourth female MP in Welsh history.
And so it was totally fitting to see Wales’ first female first minister, Eluned Morgan, on the panel, and describing Clwyd as “a fighter and one who was willing to upset people if necessary for an issue she believed in.”
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