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Johnson's first 100 days
While we watch the Labour leadership race, what are Johnson and Cumnmings up to to solidify their electoral breakthrough, asks NICK WRIGHT
Capitalism has extracted itself from crisis before, argues PRABHAT PATNAIK – but through methods no longer available. So it is turning to authoritarianism, militarism and neocolonialism
The five young men killed in the A66 crash were responsible for a devastating tragedy — but the crash should force us to ask difficult questions about wider society, argues RENATA MEDEIROS MIRRA
Britain funds the policing of black culture 16 times better than the culture itself. The Diamond Jubilee is the moment to end that, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite Andy Burnham’s declaration defending the continued partition of the island, all major international and internal trends are converging to make Irish reunification inevitable
Humans are part of the ‘animal kingdom’ – and of nature in general – but also distinct from it and labour (work) is part of what makes us unique, declared Engels. His insights 150 years ago into how our species came to be and how we differ from the rest of nature, are as important today as they were then, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
WHILE the attention of the entire labour movement, much of the press and even a fair bit of the public is focused on the Labour leadership election the new government has embarked on its first hundred days in office.
We should pay attention. Johnson has let it be known that he wants his ministers to concentrate on departmental business and get on with the job.
With a Cabinet that includes no powerful enemies or obvious rivals Johnson has more prime ministerial power within his grasp than any of his immediate Tory predecessors.
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