Once the bustling heart of Christian pilgrimage, Bethlehem now faces shuttered hotels, empty streets and a shrinking Christian community, while Israel’s assault on Gaza and the tightening grip of occupation destroy hopes of peace at the birthplace of Christ, writes Father GEOFF BOTTOMS
We need to step up the fight to save lives and livelihoods
The left needs to co-ordinate around alternative policies if it’s going to force the government to change course, argues RICHARD BURGON
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
The June 2025 attacks on Iran have heightened the risk of a wider war, exposed the fiction of a rules-based international order and left ordinary Iranians trapped between external aggression and internal repression, says the Committee for Defence of Iranian People’s Rights
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
A WWI hero, renowned ornithologist, medical doctor, trade union organiser and founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain all rolled in one. MAT COWARD tells the story of a life so improbable it was once dismissed as fiction
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
YOU “must learn to live with it and live without fear.” That was the message from the Tory government in the face of the greatest public-health threat in our lifetimes.
It came at the same time as the Tory chancellor pulled the plug on furlough, implying that mass unemployment would be a price worth paying.
Those remarks came as the world was nearing one million Covid deaths. Despite all the talk at the beginning of this crisis, the Tories have made clear that they will not do everything needed to protect lives and livelihoods.
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