Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the ‘natural’ zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
From the river to the sea: how global politics has abandoned the Middle East
Israel’s recently revealed plans for displacing millions of Palestinians into Egypt won’t bring peace, and neither will more war of any kind — what can progressives in the West call for instead, asks ALAN SIMPSON
People at a rally in Trafalgar Square, London, during Stop the War coalition's call for a Palestine ceasefire, November 4, 2023
Evidence suggests Lammy’s proposals would come at a high cost: reduced fairness, diminished trust and greater racial inequality in the criminal justice system, argue TARA LAI QUINLAN and KATHARINA KARCHER
From the workhouses of the 1840s to today’s market capitalism, A Christmas Carol remains a sharp critique of charity rationed by class, says KEITH FLETT
The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
I CAN barely decide whether to write or weep. The relentless bombing of Gaza is a tragedy of epic proportions.
Nothing excuses the atrocities committed by Hamas. But as things stand, a Palestinian child is being killed every 10 minutes from the bombings in Gaza.
Some 3,500 children in Gaza have died already; more in three weeks than the annual child deaths in conflict zones since 2019. I find it impossible to list this as “legitimate self-defence.”
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Israel’s messianic settler regime has moved beyond military containment to mass ethnic cleansing, making any two-state solution based on differential rights impossible — we must support the Palestinian demand for decolonisation, writes HUGH LANNING
