The question is not simply how much we spend on defence, but what we understand defence and security to mean, says SIMON BRIGNELL
The No Ceasefire, No Vote movement is growing rapidly
Councillor LOTTE COLLETT is part of a nationwide wave of resignations over Labour’s betrayals of its members and principles — and that wave is now forming into an organised network with two major conferences
DRAWING THE LINE: Councillor Lotte Collett, pictured speaking
Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD
MARK SEDDON tries to cool off in the countryside to avoid the heatwaves but the greed and incompetence of the privatised water industry is now at boiling point
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
by Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United Kingdom
DR STEPHEN WILKINSON assesses the life and legacy of a revolutionary giant
ONE of the most remarkable reactions to Labour’s twisting and turning over its position on Israel’s savage assault on Gaza has been the defection of local councillors away from Labour to sit as independents.
Perhaps a hundred or so councillors have left, and in some cases have cost Labour control of the council — such as in Hastings, Oxford and Burnley.
Labour shows an apparent indifference to losing councillors and councils, some in parliamentary seats covering the former mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire that must be won back for it to form the next government.
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