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Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
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On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestine only as long as Israel continues to massacre its inhabitants has been met with outrage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The creative imagination is a weapon against barbarism, writes KENNY COYLE, who is a keynote speaker at the Manifesto Press conference, Art in the Age of Degenerative Capitalism, tomorrow at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School in London
RAMZY BAROUD explains why the world can no longer ignore Palestine
Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
“WHEN I pay for a view, I expect something more interesting than that,” exclaims hearing aid refusenik Mrs Richards, one of Fawlty Towers’s most difficult customers. “That is Torquay, madam,” Basil Fawlty replies.
My impressions of the Devon seaside town have largely been directed by the classic comedy series along with a vague association with Agatha Christie — until my arrival there for the first time on Thursday.
At the RMT LGBT+ conference, which I was in town for, I heard a fascinating presentation of “Gay Torquay” from Kevin Dixon of the Torbay Trades Council. A bit of research turned up other famous residents include Emperor Haile Selassie and Aleister Crowley.
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