All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Over Ukraine, Europe has sacrificed its own interests for those of Washington
NICK WRIGHT assesses the tactics used by the US to enforce its will over its Nato allies – but notes most of the world has not signed up
A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, February 27, 2023
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
PREDICTABLY enough the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine provided the media with a hook on which to hang a barrage of war propaganda.
Over recent weeks US officials – State Department and some Pentagon – have been trying hard to sustain a narrative that China is likely to supply Russia with weapons.
This is at a piece with the broad US strategy of leveraging the conflict in Ukraine to boost an Atlanticist project to trap Europe in a more antagonistic relationship with China.
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