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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Libya’s troubled relationship with the West
KENNY COYLE explores the political landscape surrounding the notorious Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am flight 103, which took place 30 years ago today
Former PM ony Blair (left) and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi shake hands as Blair prepares to depart from Gaddafi's desert base near Sirte, Libya, in May 2007
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
LONG before the Lockerbie bombing, Libya’s relationship with the West was based on conflict.
Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi’s maverick politics of an “Islamic socialism,” outlined in his Green Book, was meant to steer a third way between the imperialist West and communist East.
Yet, for most of the ’70s and ’80s, Libya maintained closer relations with the Soviet Union than with Washington or London.
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