While all of good faith on the left should wish the new party well, ANDREW MURRAY pinpoints some of the major challenges it will need to grapple with as it approaches its founding conference later this month
The future is in our hands
Even though we are going through terrible times, from crisis can come positive change, argues HANK ROBERTS
TIM LEZARD dissects the motives behind the apoplectic right-wing attack on the BBC
Western nations’ increasingly aggressive stance is not prompted by any increase in security threats against these countries — rather, it is caused by a desire to bring about regime changes against governments that pose a threat to the hegemony of imperialism, writes PRABHAT PATNAIK
NICK MATTHEWS recalls how the ideals of socialism and the holding of goods in common have an older provenance than you might think
Reaching co-operation is supposed to be the beginning, not the end, of global climate governance, argues LISA VANHALA
WE HAVE entered a perfect storm and the worst is yet to come.
A new peak in virus incidence and deaths, and in deaths of those needing serious medical intervention whose treatment will be delayed; a developing depression predicted to be the worst in 300 years; difficulty and uncertainties concerning our EU exit process.
On top of all this is the worldwide most serious and dangerous matter of climate change.
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