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Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair during the Sharm El Sheikh Peace Summit in Egypt, October 13, 2025
Neoliberalism / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
6/09/25 of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks during the Global Progress Action Summit, at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London
Editorial / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
NHS resident doctors protest outside Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, as resident doctors in England, July 25, 2025
Workers' Rights / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Civil defense members cordon off the area around a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the village of Teir Debba, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025
Middle East / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street in central London, ahead of the Budget later this month. Picture date: Tuesday November 4, 2025
The Budget / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

The Labour leadership’s narrow definition of ‘working people’ leads to distorted and unjust Budget calculations, where the unearned income of the super-wealthy doesn’t factor in at all, argues JON TRICKETT MP

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Film of the Week / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

MARIA DUARTE recommends a brutal drama with an unstable young mother at its heart

President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, August 22, 2025, in Washington
Men’s Football / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, by Roger McKenzie
Former Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen addresses supporters, after the party allegedly blocked her from standing over past posts on social media website X, outside a supermarket in Highams Park, north-west London, May 31, 2024
Parliamentary Politics / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Rockstar Strike
Workers' Rights / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
ublic and Commercial Services (PCS) union are striking at MyCSP
Workers' Rights / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
A man holds a doll of late President Hugo Chavez near the United Nations' office in Caracas, Venezuela, during a government-organised rally against foreign interference, October 6, 2025
Latin America / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Dave Calfe (left) with Mick Whelan for Aslef
Workers' Rights / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Workers' Rights / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
This satellite image by Planet Labs PBC shows the aftermath of an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces north of el-Fasher, October 29, 2025
Northeast Africa / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
A protester shouts slogans carrying national flag after burning down a police station during protests against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9, 2025
Central Asia / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
A resident returns to what remains of their home after Typhoon Kalmaegi devastated communities along the Mananga River in Talisay City, Cebu province, central Philippines, November 5, 2025
Climate / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Women wait for cash assistance and dry grain from the UN World Food Programme in Gendrassa refugee camp, Maban, South Sudan, August 20, 2025
East Africa / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Cameroon's President Paul Biya, second from right, raises his hand after being sworn in for a new term during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Yaounde, Cameroon, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025
Round-up / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Free will-writing service
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street in central London, ahead of the Budget later this month. Picture date: Tuesday November 4, 2025
The Budget / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

The Labour leadership’s narrow definition of ‘working people’ leads to distorted and unjust Budget calculations, where the unearned income of the super-wealthy doesn’t factor in at all, argues JON TRICKETT MP

FACING US TERRORISM: Venezuelans protest against foreign interference in Caracas, Venezuela t-shirt message reads 'Yankee Go Home'
Latin America / 5 November 2025
5 November 2025

Brazilian workers are calling for internationalist brigades to defend Venezuela from US attack, reports WT WHITNEY JR

File photo dated 29/01/15 of The Duke of York laughs during a visit to Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset. Prince Andrew is stop using all of his titles and honours, including the Duke of York, he has announced in a statement released by Buckingham Palace. Issue date: Friday October 17, 2025
Monarchy / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

KEITH FLETT recalls ‘the most advanced political programme to appear on the left until the time of the Bolsheviks’

A man views a lifelike audiovisual installation of a Bowhead whale, highlighting Hull�s whaling heritage, at the Maritime Museum in Hull, forming part of the 2017 UK City of Culture Made in Hull programme
Science and Society / 5 November 2025
5 November 2025

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY ask how an 80-tonne whale that lives 200 years is so resistant to cancer

People traverse a road flooded by Hurricane Melissa on the southern coast of Santiago de Cuba, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025
International Law / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

Sixty years of blockade have not made Cuba collapse, but they have devastated it. While Washington stands isolated at the United Nations, the Cuban people are paying the price, writes KATRIEN DEMUYNCK

A Remembrance tribute planted by Defence Secretary John Healey, during a service to mark the opening of the three House of Commons Gardens of Remembrance, in New Palace Yard, Westminster, November 3, 2025
History / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

As Armistice Day approaches, with the far right hoping to use it to promote their own form of ‘patriotism,’ NICK WRIGHT considers the nature of conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries and the different ways they should be remembered

England's Luke Cowan-Dickie (centre, bottom) scores his sides fourth try of the game during the Quilter Nations Series match at Twickenham, London, November 1, 2025
Men’s Rugby Union / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

Regular skipper Itoje has been named on bench for first time since 2017

Celtic fans unveil an anti-Israel banner in the stands during the UEFA Europa League match at Celtic Park, Glasgow. Picture date: Thursday October 2, 2025
Women’s Football / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
World XI head coach Mauricio Pochettino before Soccer Aid for Unicef 2024 at Stamford Bridge, London, June 9, 2024
Men’s Football / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe gestures on the touchline during the UEFA Champions League match at St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Picture date: Tuesday October 21, 2025
Men’s Football / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
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Book Review / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

GORDON PARSONS enjoys the wealth of wisdom and the clarity of expression from a dialogue between Chomsky and Mujica

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Book Review / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

GUILLERMO THOMAS enjoys a survey of the current state of the CIA (aka Langley) from an expert and insider of sorts

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Cinema / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O CONNOR and JOHN GREEN review The Choral, Belen, Dragonfly, and Colossal Wreck

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Live Music Review / 5 November 2025
5 November 2025

WILL STONE is frustrated by a performance that chooses to garble the lyrics and drown the songs in reverb

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El Gouna Film Festival 2025 / 4 November 2025
4 November 2025

RITA DI SANTO points out the social experience of exploitation and oppression that inform the popular winners at this year’s festival

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Book Review / 4 November 2025
4 November 2025

PETER MASON is tickled by a new book and exhibition that mine the rotten anachronism of the monarchy for laughs