A ‘new phase’ for Starmerism is fairly similar to the old phase – only worse. ANDREW MURRAY takes a look
Putin rolls the dice not only on Ukraine, but also on his own leadership and legacy
Between all the propaganda the fact that Russia's campaign is on the back foot is true — but whatever happens now diplomacy is unlikely, with both sides now backed into an East v West proxy war that stretches beyond Ukraine, writes JOHN WIGHT
NEW DEPTHS: Vladimir Putin announced a partial military call-up in his address yesterday, Wednesday September 21
Macron is seeking a centrist replacement for the pro-austerity French PM, while the emergence of the grassroots Bloquons Tout movement means for the left there’s a period of struggle ahead – and all to play for, writes BILL GREENSHIELDS
The Met Police arrested a staggering 890 people, many elderly, disabled, and even blind in a single demonstration — all to back up the government’s unhinged campaign against non-violent civil disobedience at the behest of Israel, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
The people of Palestine need our solidarity in actions not words – trade unionists must give them our full support in their darkest hour, writes DANIEL KEBEDE
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further
IT IS hard to imagine Russian President Vladimir Putin getting much in the way of sleep right now. With Ukraine having seized the initiative and momentum after six months of conflict — six months that neither Putin nor his military advisers thought it would take to crush Ukrainian resistance to the Kremlin’s “special military operation” — Putin is being taught a salient lesson in the perils of hubris when it comes to waging war.
In his much-anticipated address to the Russian people — and by extension the world — in the aftermath of a stunning Ukrainian counteroffensive that succeeded in retaking 2,000 square miles of territory back from Russian control in north-east Ukraine earlier this month, Putin has claimed that Russia is “fighting the entire Western military machine.”
Here, at least, he does have a point, what with the West coming to the aid of Ukraine with huge amounts of aid in military equipment, training, logistics and planning over these past six months. However, that he and his military chiefs failed to anticipate or factor this probability into their plans at the outset constitutes a major blunder, one that has been paid for in the lives of thousands of Russian troops.
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