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‘Things are going to slide’ — politics in turmoil
Visionary leadership is needed to tackle the existential climate crisis, but Labour risks squandering any opportunity for transformative change by clinging to the neoliberal economic orthodoxy, writes ALAN SIMPSON
MESSAGE STILL UNHEEDED: Protest at UN Climate Change Conference - COP15 - Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009
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
IN ANY crisis Tony Benn was always the best person to turn to for an answer. And so it is now.
Europe is faced with the resurgent success of far-right parties. Both the left and centre right struggle for answers. Meanwhile, climate scientists report that we had the world’s warmest May on record (and the 12th consecutive month doing so).
Greece closed its schools as temperatures raced past 40°C. Florida faced 11 inches of rain in 24 hours, sweeping away all semblance of normal life. In Spain, from Murcia to Majorca, the same torrential downpours raced through their streets creating havoc.
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