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
Socialist policies matter more than party politics
The success we have had in our region goes to show what progressive strategies can achieve outside of the grind of the two-party race, writes North of Tyne Mayor JAMIE DRISCOLL
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’VE donated to your campaign,” an older gentleman told me in the street just this weekend. “I want the Tories out, but I’m not that hopeful Labour will change anything.” I get stopped in the cinema, at a cafe, on the Metro, at the shops. Every time I go out I hear the same thing.
I get the logic that if Labour apes the Conservatives, Tories can’t attack Labour policies. The Tories are so unpopular, in a two-party system, Labour will win by default — and then what?
Austerity failed. Even the IMF acknowledges that. Everything suggests the Labour leadership is serious about pursuing a neoliberal economic policy.
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