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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Far from the shallow now
Much of today’s economics has been driven by short-term profiteering. It’s why the planet is in the mess it is in, writes ALAN SIMPSON
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
THE messages are no longer subtle. Yet still we fight shy of a recognition that the time for transformational change is now. It may be the only time.
The International Panel on Climate Change gives us 12 years to cut carbon emissions in half. As nations prepare for the climate conference in Poland, it is hard to know if anyone’s listening.
The good news about this challenge is that this is still doable. The bad news is that while national governments have lost the will to lead, social movements currently lack the means to do so.
This hasn’t stopped Extinction Rebellion from taking to the streets. In Australia, children too have stepped out of school, demanding that their parents’ generation (today’s politicians) stop the use of non-renewable energy before burning up their kids’ future.
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The Communist Party of Britain’s Congress last month debated a resolution on ending opposition to all nuclear power in light of technological advances and the climate crisis. RICHARD HEBBERT explains why
Climate justice and workers’ rights movements are uniting to make the rich pay for our transition to a green economy, writes assistant general secretary of PCS JOHN MOLONEY, ahead of a major demonstration on September 20
