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‘I will take Labour out of the Westminster bubble’
ANDY BURNHAM explains how he will reconnect the party with the hopes of ordinary people
by the Greater Manchester Workers’ and Tenants’ Association
The US relationship with Israel has evolved into a strategic liability, argues RAMZY BAROUD
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
Claiming to ease a fertiliser shortage, the Trump administration has suspended tariffs on Moroccan phosphate imports – deepening US support for the Morocco’s control over Sahrawi territory, writes LUKE ROTELLO
IN the months since our devastating election defeat, Labour has been consumed by a round of painful soul-searching.
I spent the early stages of my leadership campaign focusing on the most difficult issues we heard on the doorstep — the deficit, immigration and benefits — because we won’t win until we regain the public’s trust on them.
But this doesn’t mean copying the Tories. Far from it. Labour wins when we are better than them. The focus on our weaknesses gave Labour’s leadership campaign a negative feel. The time has come to lift people with a bigger vision. In the 21st century, what is Labour for? My answer is simple — to help everyone get on in life.
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