Israel continues to operate with impunity in what seems to be a brutal and protracted experiment, while much of the world looks on, says RAMZY BAROUD
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It is for the Nicaraguan people to determine their future
With Nicaragua coming under increasing pressure from Washington, TONY BURKE explains why defending the country’s right to self-determination is of paramount importance
A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
By sticking together, working collectively and building the union, we can weather any uncertainty ahead, writes general secretary of Usdaw PADDY LILLIS
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
Cuba Solidarity Campaign secretary BERNARD REGAN says the inhuman blockade of Cuba not only continues, but the Donald Trump administration is ratcheting up aggression against both Havana and Latin America more widely
SUCCESSIVE US administrations have over the years done everything they can to crush Nicaragua.
Over 40 years ago, during the Thatcher-Reagan cold war era, the US launched an undeclared mercenary war that cost some 30,000 lives and devastated the Nicaraguan economy.
An intense media campaign, which bears striking similarities to what is happening today, depicted Nicaragua as a communist totalitarian dungeon with troops poised to storm the Texan border.
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