Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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Arise Festival: let’s unite the left resistance
After a summer of working-class fightback, the left itself must step up a gear — our conference aims to bring the various strands of resistance together, writes SAM BROWSE
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
ON Saturday December 10, activists, politicians, and trade unionists from across our movement will come together for the Arise conference. As the government reels from crisis to crisis, the event could not be timelier.
After a decade of slash-and-burn austerity, and a pandemic which saw more than 150,000 deaths alongside a massive transfer of wealth from the poorest to the richest, we are now seeing a renewed and colossal ruling-class offensive on the living standards of the majority.
In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled £28 billion in cuts to public services and announced the energy price cap would be lifted to £3,000 in April — as rising interest rates squeeze the indebted and rampant inflation swallows up wages.
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Here are the voices of DANIEL KEBEDE, FRAN HEATHCOTE, HOLLY TURNER and LEANNE MOHAMAD explaining why they will be taking part in the People’s Assembly No More Austerity demo next weekend