The question is not simply how much we spend on defence, but what we understand defence and security to mean, says SIMON BRIGNELL
A guide to Britain’s new grassroots climate groups
IAN SINCLAIR gives the lowdown on a swathe of new environmental action campaigns that have sprung up in recent years
Members of Fossil Free London protest the Shell AGM at London’s Excel Centre with 100 people disrupting the event inside, May 23 2023. Photo Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Fossil Free London.
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
PERHAPS it’s because of the pandemic, but Extinction Rebellion’s public opinion-shifting occupations of central London in 2018 and 2019 now feel a very long time ago.
Since then successive Tory governments, ignoring increasingly loud warnings from scientists and the intensification of the climate crisis, have maintained their addiction to fossil fuels and have missed their own net zero climate targets on nearly every front.
In response to this inaction numerous grassroots groups have sprung up in Britain, often led by young campaigners.
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