ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
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Support for Driscoll as an independent shows socialism is still alive and well
The current consensual party politics is ripe for smashing, but how can we go about it? CHELLEY RYAN has some ideas
Mayor of North of Tyne, Jamie Driscoll
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
New workplace rights are welcome, but the survival of the trade union movement will be determined not in Westminster but in workplaces across the country, argues JOHN CARSON
Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
WHEN Jamie Driscoll was unjustly blocked by Stalin’s — sorry, I mean Starmer’s — Labour Party from the North East mayoralty, he could have shrugged his shoulders and walked away.
Thankfully, he hasn’t. He’s resigned from the Labour Party and put himself forward as an independent candidate on one condition — he raises £25,000 by the end of August. That was Driscoll’s way of putting his finger on the pulse of public opinion.
The premise was simple; if the public wanted him to stand, that target would be met. If they didn’t, it would fall short and that would be that.
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