All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Labour should be speaking up for Palestine
By refusing to call for a ceasefire, Labour is losing credibility with countless voters as well as turning a blind eye to what may already amount to a genocide, warns HUGH LANNING
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
I HAD never thought it so controversial to speak up for Palestine. You knew people would disagree, challenge — but not try to stop debate and the freedom of expression.
First, Israel sought to get the three letters BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) outlawed. It resulted in the government’s anti-boycott Bill — with Labour meekly toeing the line that, somehow, non-violent action such as BDS was discriminating against Israel, notwithstanding its continuous breaching of international law in its occupation and encouragement of settlements in Palestine.
Next, it was using the word apartheid in the same sentence as Israel — despite copious reports from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and others that Israel was now in breach of international law by committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians in the operation of its regime.
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