All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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The international uprising against racism must not be allowed to burn out
From Greece to Germany, the Black Lives Matter protest movement that began in the US has reignited the struggle for human equality. We must not let the Establishment derail it, warns KEVIN OVENDEN
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
THERE are many politicians hoping that the international wave of protests under the banner of Black Lives Matter will dwindle and turn out to be a moment rather than a movement.
They are not just willing the ends, but the means also.
One of them is to pay lip service to the slogan so that it becomes so ubiquitous as to be anodyne.
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