As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
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Reynard can breathe easy now – well, almost
Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision not to allow Parliament a vote on allowing fox-hunting, despite manifesto promises, is one that PETER FROST is prepared to applaud unreservedly
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
SEVIM DAGDELEN argues that a legal framework exists for a closure of US and Nato military base in Ramstein
PRIME MINISTER Theresa May has confirmed ditching plans that would have allowed a free vote in Parliament to end the legal ban on fox-hunting.
She did this even before starting to rearrange the deckchairs for the reshuffle of her fast-sinking cabinet.
This U-turn has angered some Tory Party members and supporters in its rural heartlands.
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