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Assange and Trump: the rule of law and beyond
Who gets locked up or set free and what the rich man’s courts can do for the working class are tricky topics for socialists living under capitalism: KEITH FLETT looks at our relationship to the rule of law
by Roger D Harris and John Perry
VINCE MILLS says Scottish Labour has adopted better positions than its Westminster counterpart — but unless it starts to fight for them that will count for nothing
Labour MSP CAROL MOCHAN calls for Britain to follow France’s lead and recognise the Palestinian state as part of efforts to end this war
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
THE opening moments of 2021 have seen a good deal of attention focused on the law.
A request by the US to extradite Julian Assange, essentially for exposing its role in the Iraq war, was turned down by a judge.
Not because it would be a fundamental attack on journalistic freedom but because incarceration in a US prison might further worsen Assange’s health, which has already been damaged by the British state keeping him locked up in Belmarsh.
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