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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Only industrial organising can prevent more deaths
The government’s ‘profit-first’ approach to the pandemic has shown that the unions do not just improve our lives, but save them too, writes ROZ FOYER
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
THE comments attributed to Boris Johnson on Monday of this week, suggesting he would have rather seen the “bodies piled high in the streets” rather than entertain a further lockdown, speak to a view where human life is compared to commerce and profit — all too prevalent among the capitalist political class.
The comments may be disputed, but the Westminster government’s reluctance to introduce safety-first measures during the first year of the pandemic was all too obvious.
Schemes like Eat Out to Help Out, the encouragement to return to offices and the reopening of non-essential manufacturing and construction all spoke of a calculated political decision to risk lives in the pursuit of profit.
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