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Power cedes nothing without a demand
The recent smear against Corbyn in the Times is an important reminder of what we are up against - and why we must remain united as we approach power, argues RICHARD BURGON MP
Jeremy Corbyn on the campaign trail during the last European elections. Attacks on the Labour leader are getting dirtier as the Establishment panics at the prospect of a Corbyn-led government
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
A FEW years ago, John McDonnell said: “If you think things are bad now, wait until we get even closer to Number 10. They will stop at nothing to demonise Jeremy. They’ll lie, cheat and slander in ways you couldn’t dream of right now. We’re expecting it and so should you.”
The smear on Jeremy Corbyn in Murdoch’s Times at the weekend, suggestive of a collaboration between senior elements in our Civil Service and the right-wing media — and the economic interests which it defends and supports — was a reminder of this.
It served to underline how for the very powerful, our politics, economy and media are there to serve the interests of a tiny fraction of society.
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