ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
Black lives should always matter: delinking social justice from seasonal US politics
The shambolic and confused opening debate between Biden and Trump certainly confirmed one thing: the ruling cliques in the US are either unconcerned by racism or only ‘play the race card’ during elections, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Donald Trump has referred the Black Lives Matter social justice movement as “a symbol of hate,” and rival Joe Biden has failed to say much substantial on the question of systemic racial injustice for black citizens
Long before modern labour movements, England’s farmworkers fought back against their oppression – and for some, like Elizabeth Studham, the price was exile to Australia. MAT COWARD tells the story
As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR
CARLOS MARTINEZ reports on China’s role in helping Cuba develop self-sufficiency in renewable energy, which would shield it from the sort of pain Donald Trump is inflicting with his oil blockade
JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
AFTER viewing the first US presidential debate on September 29, one is left with no doubt about the degenerating political discourse among the US’s ruling elites.
Following the debate between US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, most analyses focused mainly on the personal insults and name-calling, which, deservedly, earned the event the title “worst presidential debate in recent memory.”
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