After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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Trashing democracy, trashing the NHS, trashing living standards and lives. We must stop the Tories
The government’s all-round attacks on every aspect of working class existence must be opposed on every front, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
People take part in a protest outside Downing Street in Westminster, London, calling on the Government to scrap the Nationalities and Borders Bill
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
BORIS JOHNSON is possibly the worst, most damaging prime minister of the modern era and the mounting scandals could yet force him from office.
There is even a (unfortunately, much smaller) possibility that it could do in this government as a whole.
Whatever the immediate outcome, and however it unfolds, the overwhelming majority of society has a strong interest in seeing them all gone as soon as possible.
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