Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Latest editorial
The Tories are inflicting conscious cruelty on millions of Britons
Outside the Westminster bubble people can see that vital public services are being deliberately starved of the cash they need, writes CHRIS WILLIAMSON
CHRISTOPHE DOMEC speaks to the France Insoumise politician facing constant persecution from French authorities
It can be hard to discern conspiracy theory from reality and under the Trump regime the two might just be the same thing, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
ALAN SIMPSON says responses to the Golders Green attacks risk deepening divides across our country
Capturing the general strikes history is a vital part of our struggles today, posits HENRY FOWLER
On a tumultuous day in Welsh politics DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the key issues for progressives in Wales to grapple with the rise of the far right
AFTER nearly eight years of ideologically driven austerity, the British public are increasingly calling for an alternative.
The case for an interventionist and enabling state is overwhelming, but Theresa May and her parliamentary colleagues are only interested in pursuing their failed political experiment.
All they have succeeded in doing is to exacerbate inequality, increase poverty and inflict what Ken Loach described as “conscious cruelty” on millions of Britons.
Similar stories
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
Exempting military expenditure from austerity while slashing welfare represents a fundamental misallocation of resources that guarantees continued decline, argues MICHAEL BURKE