After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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The Covid-19 crisis is class politics laid bare
With working-class people being treated as the canary in the mine, now is the time to fight back, argues RICHARD BURGON MP
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
US BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffet once famously said “There’s class warfare all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war and we’re winning.”
Those words came to mind as I watched Boris Johnson deliver his address to the nation this week. It was a thinly veiled declaration of class war.
For all his statement’s incoherence and inadequacies, Johnson’s strategic objective was to scrap the “Stay at Home” slogan and replace it with the potentially deadly “Stay Alert” message.
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