Israel continues to operate with impunity in what seems to be a brutal and protracted experiment, while much of the world looks on, says RAMZY BAROUD
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We need a new movement as much as a new voting system
There are strong arguments in favour of proportional representation, argues NICK WRIGHT, but any left-wing government relies on a committed set of MPs and a mass movement in support of change outside of Parliament above all else
The lessons of history are that Labour has a chance of forming a radically reforming government only when the working class and its allies are mobilised and united — and when the mass popular mood acts as a brake on the tendency of the right to side with the class enemy
A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
By sticking together, working collectively and building the union, we can weather any uncertainty ahead, writes general secretary of Usdaw PADDY LILLIS
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
Cuba Solidarity Campaign secretary BERNARD REGAN says the inhuman blockade of Cuba not only continues, but the Donald Trump administration is ratcheting up aggression against both Havana and Latin America more widely
THE letters page of the Morning Star features an interesting exchange between proponents of a proportional representation (PR) system for elections and those who favour continuing with Britain’s first-past-the-post (FPTP) system.
A politically respectable argument for FPTP is that it provides the best chance for a majority Labour government.
Its supporters argue that PR leads to coalition government with the progressive tendency always at the mercy of its least progressive component.
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