A ‘new phase’ for Starmerism is fairly similar to the old phase – only worse. ANDREW MURRAY takes a look
The West still traps the global South in debt
For all the talk of the rise of the developing world and the decline of the West’s malignant power over it, we still haven’t seen a ‘can’t pay, won’t pay’ rebellion over ballooning Third World debt, writes ROGER McKENZIE
MPs and local mayors join protesters outside St Paul’s Cathedral, where 20,000 chain letters were presented, calling for the cancellation of Third World debt, March 1999
Macron is seeking a centrist replacement for the pro-austerity French PM, while the emergence of the grassroots Bloquons Tout movement means for the left there’s a period of struggle ahead – and all to play for, writes BILL GREENSHIELDS
The Met Police arrested a staggering 890 people, many elderly, disabled, and even blind in a single demonstration — all to back up the government’s unhinged campaign against non-violent civil disobedience at the behest of Israel, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
The people of Palestine need our solidarity in actions not words – trade unionists must give them our full support in their darkest hour, writes DANIEL KEBEDE
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further
RICH European powers stole more than 20 million people out of Africa, shackled and enslaved them to transport them across the Atlantic, worked them to the bone and then underdeveloped the African continent through colonisation.
They then expected African nations to pay them back for the “privilege” of being exploited.
Any talk of reparations for the evils of slavery and colonialism is waved away with one dismissive hand while the other one is stretched out in the expectation that African nations pay back, with massive interest, the debt they have taken out to try to get their people out of the soul-destroying poverty that many are trapped in.
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