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If governments won't defend human rights, then we'll have to
Donald Trump’s quitting of the UN human rights council is one sign of his wilful attempts to make the most racist ideas respectable, writes LINDSEY GERMAN
US President Donald Trump
In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER
Oil and gas prices are rising due to the illegal war against Iran, but new nuclear power plants will only make things worse as their costs also escalate, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
As women dominate public services yet face pay gaps, unsafe workloads and rising misogyny, this International Women’s Day and TUC Women’s Conference must be a rallying point, says ANDREA EGAN
As the government quietly begins reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moment should be seized to refound the corporation as a truly democratic, regionally rooted public service, writes PAUL W FLEMING
Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE
THE decision of US President Donald Trump to quit the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this week has hardly contributed to improving his image as someone who cares about these questions.
His ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has described the UNHRC as “a cesspool of political bias.”
Haley has form for abusive and confrontational behaviour in the UN, defending Israel to the hilt and using every opportunity to attack those the US deems its enemies, from Iran to Venezuela.
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