After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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Government policy is driving the Covid crisis
The Tories are using the pandemic as cover to push though their austerity agenda, which falls hardest on workers, the poor and the oppressed, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
IT IS A strange fact that the some of the richest countries in the world have some of the worst outcomes in the pandemic, along with other countries like Brazil.
Given that social conditions, housing and, above all, health services are far better resourced in the richest countries, this can only mean one thing. It is government policy that it is driving the crisis.
Frequently, government claims on the pandemic lapse into unverifiable or even demonstrably untrue assertions.
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