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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This government is for turning
To prevent renewed carnage, Johnson’s regime must be forced to adopt a 'zero Covid-19' strategy, argues DIANE ABBOTT
Students marching on Education Secretary Gavin Williamson's constituency office ahead of one of this week's humiliating U-turns
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
THE latest government U-turn on exam results shows that they can be made to change course. Of course, they cannot even perform that without leaving chaos and huge disruption in people’s lives, in this case young people either going on to further studies or about to enter the workforce. This simply confirms their bias in favour of the rich and very highly paid and their disregard for ordinary people.
Even so, there is now a string of these U-turns and we must draw the most important conclusions from them — that if we oppose this government effectively, if we put forward policies to benefit ordinary people and if we mobilise a movement around them, we can win. The stakes are very high, as both lives and livelihoods are at risk.
The current political situation is we have a government elected with a huge majority with one aim, “to get Brexit done.” That was always going to be a difficult project, as the latest set of British negotiators are now finding out for themselves.
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