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A mass crisis is almost upon us – but is the left ready?
We are seeing epochal changes and shocks across Europe which will likely mean big upheavals and social clashes ahead. Can the left unite to offer a radical way out, asks KEVIN OVENDEN
A protest outside Ofgem HQ in Canary Wharf today
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
THE scale of the deepening social crisis is beginning to dawn across Europe. The 80 per cent increase in household energy costs in Britain may be exceptionally big.
But the crisis is far from unique to Britain. Nor is the kind of excuse that Boris Johnson trotted out on yet another visit to Ukraine this week: that ordinary households in Britain have to endure soaring prices and falling living standards as part of “standing up to Vladimir Putin.”
French President Emmanuel Macron said similar on Wednesday as he prepared his government for massive public anger and bitter opposition to his programme of attacks on pensions and benefits.
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