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Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
The Earth calls out for a world free from nukes
Britain cannot play a different role in the world while it remains one of the few countries with nuclear weapons, writes KATE HUDSON
Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL
A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips
Today the United Nations’s nuclear weapons ban treaty opens for signature. States across the world are queuing in New York to sign up to prohibit nuclear weapons. This is a giant step forward on the road towards global abolition.
The treaty follows decades of grassroots campaigning across the world — the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has been calling for a global ban on nuclear weapons since its founding in 1958 and we are delighted at the development.
Over 100 countries are likely to sign the treaty, but will Britain make the most of this crucial opportunity for peace?
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