Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
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Retraining not reoffending
PHIL BEADLE speaks to former prisoners who found a new start in life thanks to an innovative programme in the prison gym
A member of staff at Maghaberry Prison
As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
BRITISH political life in the current moment appears filled with storybook villains and villainesses: a parade of self-interested pantomime dames and asset-strippers.
Thankfully, though, in places people know little about, heroes and heroines also exist, working tirelessly for others.
One such hero is Arthur Furness. Along with accompanying heroines Megan Knowleden and Emma Tustin, Furness, a lecturer at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, set out to find out why rates of reoffending are so high, why those who have been incarcerated often end up back in the same place. They’ve come up with a solution.
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