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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Funds for aircraft carriers, but no money for Universal Credit
This shameless government wasted billions on its shambolic, compromised Covid response and now wants to waste more on cold war nukes, not nurses, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Boris Johnson at Westport Care Home in Stepney Green, east London last week
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
IT IS clear just how recklessly reactionary this government really is. The liberal commentators who continue to insist that Boris Johnson is also a liberal are telling us much more about their politics than his.
Politics is always about choices and this government always chooses the option that is most damaging to ordinary people that it can get away with.
Future historians may wonder how they did manage to get away with it even for this long, and marvel at the lack of opposition they faced.
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