Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
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The great unravelling: escaping today, rethinking tomorrow
It is possible to use today’s coronavirus crisis to rethink Britain’s policies — on food security, food health, social inclusion and ecological repair. But we face a second crisis — of leadership, explains ALAN SIMPSON
A quiet high street in West Bridgford, Nottingham as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus
CHRISTOPHE DOMEC speaks to the France Insoumise politician facing constant persecution from French authorities
It can be hard to discern conspiracy theory from reality and under the Trump regime the two might just be the same thing, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
ALAN SIMPSON says responses to the Golders Green attacks risk deepening divides across our country
Capturing the general strikes history is a vital part of our struggles today, posits HENRY FOWLER
On a tumultuous day in Welsh politics DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the key issues for progressives in Wales to grapple with the rise of the far right
WELCOME to ghost-town Britain, a land none of us was prepared for.
Barely three months ago, you would have ridiculed anyone suggesting we would be tuning in to the daily death count from virus which was creating mayhem across the land.
But this is where we are.
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