ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
The barring of Jeremy Corbyn: what next for the left?
Two main strands of thinking have emerged since news of Starmer preventing the former Labour leader standing for the party again. ANDREW MURRAY offers some suggestions that might help socialists to regroup and develop a revived strategy
Should left-wing Labour members avoid risking expulsion to 'fight another day' — or has the possibility of fighting another day now been ended by Starmer's restructuring of the party?
PHIL KATZ explains how ‘Cultures in Resistance’ is forging a new cultural manifesto
As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR
CARLOS MARTINEZ reports on China’s role in helping Cuba develop self-sufficiency in renewable energy, which would shield it from the sort of pain Donald Trump is inflicting with his oil blockade
JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
TWO responses have emerged on the left to the decision of Keir Starmer to bar Jeremy Corbyn from continuing to represent Islington North as Labour MP.
They have been neatly expressed. Take first Jon Lansman, Momentum founder, who I first encountered when he ran Tony Benn’s narrowly unsuccessful campaign to be Labour’s deputy leader back in 1981.
Jon’s persistent campaigning on and for the left through sunshine and rather more rain should command general respect.
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