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
‘We won’t die quietly’
Just Stop Oil protester STEPHANIE PRIDE gives a first-hand view of what it’s like to hit the streets in defence of the planet and its future
Just Stop Oill activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London, June 8, 2023
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
DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could be toppled
The late country singer’s Imagination Library has put hundreds of millions of books into children’s hands. We should build on that legacy by defending the libraries at the heart of our communities, says BRENDA AITCHISON
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
MML director MEIRIAN JUMP outlines the recently refreshed library’s busy autumn schedule that ranges from book sales, archival exploration, community work with online education and the ever popular site tours
TONY BURKE surveys the shifting political landscape and the challenges Labour needs to address if it is to prevail in the 2028 federal elections
OF THE MANY BRIDGES I’ve crossed, blocked or marched on in London over the past 30 years, it surprises me that I’ve never ventured onto Tower Bridge.
Early in the morning, it’s a busy thoroughfare for commuters; not so many cars, and, unlike Westminster Bridge, no tourists standing in the middle of the pavement taking selfies.
About a dozen people are walking slowly with orange banners, accompanied by the load blaring of horns as northbound traffic is slowed to a crawl.
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