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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Tipping point or turning point: the choice is still ours
We face a crisis like no other, from bubonic plague outbreaks to an imminent 3 billion climate refugees. We have the solution and it’s to use less and waste less – what we lack is the leadership to get us to the promised land, writes ALAN SIMPSON
Endgame: the UN needs $10bn to avoid 265 million starving this year and climate scientists warn that soon three billion face summers “too hot for humans”
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
WE are in a bad place, a really bad place. The IMF predicts that the Covid-19 pandemic will shrink the global economy by 5 per cent this year, with a cumulative loss of around $9 trillion.
Britain’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) records a “lockdown” economic collapse of over 20 per cent and predicts an annual economic contraction of over 12 per cent.
Some 650,000 British workers have already been dropped from official payrolls. Eleven million more wait in the wings, on “furloughed” wages that come to an end in August.
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