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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Electrifying dilemmas
PETER FROST takes stock of the present options in lighting and heating our homes and running our factories
An aerial view of a solar farm in Hampshire
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
In Britain today we all take electricity pretty much for granted. Many places in the world still don’t have the luxury of instant light and heat at the flick of a switch.
A century ago, Lenin said of his native Russia: “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country,” showing how important he thought electricity was.
We seem to have two issues around electricity supply in Britain. One is the endless Tory free market nonsense that suggests, if we all swap our supplier every few months, the privtised industry will become more efficient and prices will drop like a stone. Excuse me while I laugh.
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