While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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Our democracy needs a revolution
Labour is moving towards backing a radical overhaul of Westminster and the House of Lords, writes SHAVANAH TAJ
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NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
NOTHING puts the ridiculousness of our broken political system into perspective like the absurd spectacle of the House of Lords.
With seats for life, they’re unelected, unaccountable and unrepresentative of ordinary working people. Its 800 members are able to claim £305 a day for just turning up and able to spend the day enjoying the perks of Parliament’s subsidised dining rooms. It often seems like more of a private members’ club than a legislative chamber — and that’s before we even get onto the robes.
At Politics for the Many we’ve been campaigning hard to sort out this outdated institution. We’ve been pressing the Labour Party to be unequivocal in its commitment to reform at the next election: scrap and replace the second chamber with one that truly represents the nations and regions of Britain — and represents people’s votes fairly too. A proportionally elected Senate that can speak up for the whole country.
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