Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
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McJihad v the inclusive society
Sunak’s decision to cut petrol prices rather than to fund public transport or commit to renewable, affordable energy, is just more evidence that we need to take power — in all its forms — into our collective hands, writes ALAN SIMPSON
Petrol pumps at a petrol station in Liverpool
CHRISTOPHE DOMEC speaks to the France Insoumise politician facing constant persecution from French authorities
It can be hard to discern conspiracy theory from reality and under the Trump regime the two might just be the same thing, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
ALAN SIMPSON says responses to the Golders Green attacks risk deepening divides across our country
Capturing the general strikes history is a vital part of our struggles today, posits HENRY FOWLER
On a tumultuous day in Welsh politics DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the key issues for progressives in Wales to grapple with the rise of the far right
PARTYGATE has come back to join the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse chasing the British government. But don’t get too distracted. It is the donkey in the pack.
Boris lied. Well, there’s a surprise. Brexit was a bigger lie. But the Tories won’t dump Boris until bigger stuff starts to hit the electoral fan. It won’t be long.
Another Covid variant will probably kick back in before the end of the year. Before then, the fall out from Putin’s war on Ukraine will have rocked the global economy. A country that used to be a mass exporter of grain has become one that exports people.
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