Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
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Assange and the assault on press freedom
While the Wikileaks whistleblower continues his fight to avoid extradition, proposed reforms to the Official Secrets Act should be of concern to all who value a free media, warns TIM DAWSON
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Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL
A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips
AS SHE entered the Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday morning, Julian Assange’s fiancee Stella Moris paused to address protesters.
Beaming smiles, she told the crowd that the previous day she had been allowed to embrace Assange for the first time in 17 months.
“Throughout my time in Belmarsh, I held his warm hand. Julian has been denied the love and affection of his family… [he] and the kids will never get this time back.”
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