The campaign against the Bank of England’s ongoing theft of Venezuelan gold is gaining support across the labour movement and beyond, writes MATT WILLGRESS
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Betrayal after betrayal, I have given up on Labour
Leaving after 50 years in the Labour Party, national secretary of Women Against Pit Closures HEATHER WOOD says Reeves’ and Starmer’s winter fuel allowance cuts are a red line crossed — and calls for widespread union resistance
A RADICAL POSE: Neil Kinnock, then Labour Party leader, addresses a mass rally for nuclear disarmament, 1983
The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Claims that Nicaragua has abolished elections followed a headline that stripped Daniel Ortega’s remarks of their historical and political context. The full speech tells a different story, says BECCA RENK FOSTER
Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
MAT COWARD introduces some of the electoral oddballs of the political fringe who remain one of the liveliest features of British democracy, despite efforts to abolish them
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
IT’S 28 days since Labour was elected with a massive majority and it’s now three days since it announced its blatant attack on pensioners.
It’s now just over 365 days since I left the Labour Party, the party I gave my life to, the party I worked for for over 50 years.
I’ve seen Labour governments come and go and, like many, I’ve been disappointed so many times but kept the faith because I always saw Labour as the only alternative to the Tories.
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