The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP
The wonky Ajax and jobs for the boys
SOLOMON HUGHES reports on the revolving door from the British army to defence corporations like General Dynamics, whose latest £3.5bn vehicle is an unusable clunker
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Corbyn’s intervention exposes a corrupted system, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Paul Holden’s book, The Fraud, exposes a hidden war inside Labour, where claims of anti-semitism, amplified by media power and factional networks, were used to break Corbynism and recast the party. JOHN ELLISON revisits the scandals, investigations and suppressed evidence from that era
In the second of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG introduces the key themes of her book on the Chinese revolution
The growth of Cuba’s biotechnology sector is an example of how socialism can prioritise scientific innovation, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Paul Holden’s The Fraud reveals how a network of donors, MPs and opaque organisations quietly organised to destroy Corbyn’s leadership and manufacture a new centre of power inside Labour, writes JOHN ELLISON
Systems of power enable, excuse and normalise abuse, while survivors are ignored and women’s exploitation is repackaged as commerce and choice, warns CHARLIE WEINBERG
THE British army’s latest armoured vehicle is performing so badly that inspectors think a “successful delivery” is “unachievable.”
But the US firm behind the failing armoured vehicle did hire one of the army’s top generals. So not everyone is doing badly from the flawed £3.5 billion vehicle.
US defence giant General Dynamics is selling the Ajax armoured fighting vehicles to the British army.
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