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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The stakes are very high in the battle over Corbyn’s suspension
DIANE ABBOTT argues that the attack is not only on one man, but on ‘Corbynism’ itself — a system that believes in nationalised services and social justice
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
TONY BENN always used to say quite rightly that politics is not about personalities, it is about issues.
Although Jeremy Corbyn has been a friend and political ally for decades, I oppose his suspension from the Labour Party on political grounds.
Those political issues should be of the utmost concern to everyone in the Labour Party, across the labour movement and to the tens of millions of people in this country, the majority of the population, whose only serious hope of a better life is largely dependent on the election of a Labour government.
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