DIANE ABBOTT explodes the anti-migrant myths perpetrated by cynical politicians and an irresponsible mass media
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Is this the time to reclaim Labour?
Even the best Labour governments have been a disaster for the working class once in power, argues DAVID GROVE, but the lessons of Corbynism married with the current wave of militancy provide us with a unique opportunity
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
As we mark the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, JOHN WIGHT reflects on the enormity of the US decision to drop the atom bombs
For 80 years, survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings have pleaded “never again,” for anyone. But are we listening, asks Linda Pentz Gunter
Labour councillor PAUL DONOVAN wonders why the right-wing party gets so much more media attention than it seems to merit
SOLOMON HUGHES asks whether Labour ‘engaging with decision-makers’ with scandalous records of fleecing the public is really in our interests
THERE should be no illusions about previous Labour governments. For the most part they have served the interests of the ruling capitalist monopolies, even when they were making concessions to popular concerns.
All were led by right-wing leaders who justified their betrayal of promise and principle with social-democratic notions such as the neutral state, nation rather than class and “benign” imperialism.
But what about Attlee’s much-vaunted government of 1945? It was the worst of the lot. How dare I make such a charge? Because, unlike other Labour governments, it had a real opportunity to change the world for the better — and didn’t even try.
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