As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
The general election is a chance to win change
After 14 years of the Tories, there’s a real prize for working people to be won. And trade unions are a vital part of the picture in rebuilding Britain’s future, says TUC leader PAUL NOWAK
Sir Keir Starmer holds a Labour pledge card while speaking at the launch of Labour's six steps for change in Wales at the Priory Centre in Abergavenny, while on the General Election campaign trail, May 30, 2024
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
A new report points a way to overcome complacent framing of climate issues, ‘by sparking a wider public reckoning with climate realities,’ and reconnecting with working-class people. IAN SINCLAIR reports
We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
LAST week the PM finally set the date for the general election — drowned out by music and the rain.
My message couldn’t be clearer. It is time to vote out this morally bankrupt government and vote for political change.
Just look at the state of the country under the Tories.
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Unions have risen to the challenge of the coronavirus, from saving jobs to keeping those jobs safe — it is no wonder our membership is growing rapidly too, writes PAUL NOWAK
