Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
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Remembering Grenfell, with a roar of pain
Four years on, and the battle for justice is still not won. But giving up is not an option, says former Kensington MP EMMA DENT COAD
Family and friends of the 72 people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower block fire, outside Grenfell Tower, London, during a silent walk to mark the two-year anniversary in June 2019
As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
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
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
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
NEARLY four years ago I was sitting, rather shell-shocked as you can imagine, in the House of Commons, listening to then PM Theresa May committing to rehouse all survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire within three weeks. It was a brave statement.
I don’t doubt that she meant it at the time. But it simply wasn’t achievable.
And it was the first of many broken promises, commitments and guarantees made to the Grenfell community.
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