All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Time for Labour to commit to progressive internationalism
The fight against the Covid pandemic will only succeed if it's driven by global internationalist solidarity, writes DIANE ABBOTT
DESPERATE TIMES: A note on a wall of a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India, last week
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
TWO very important developments in the struggle against the pandemic took place this week. They illustrate the seriousness of the spread of the virus on a global scale, which unfortunately often gets rather overlooked in this country. But they also indicate something about the Labour Party’s approach to international affairs, and what the adoption of a progressive internationalist outlook could mean in practice.
The two key developments themselves are first the approach of another high point for recorded new cases of the coronavirus, which is extremely worrying.
The second is the call of former leading politicians for the suspension of Covid-19 vaccine patents.
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