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The public can see through the Tory lies on austerity

LIZ TRUSS’S extraordinary statement that austerity hasn’t affected the most vulnerable women in society shows just how out of touch the modern Tory

Mordaunt upstaged by protester against sexual abuse in the aid sector

A PROTESTER upstaged International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt as she gave a speech on sexual abuse in the aid sector today by complaining

Sport | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Men’s Athletics Smith and Carlos on 50th anniversary of Mexico Olympic salute

Britain | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Campaigners gatecrash science exhibition sponsored by Shell

World | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Nicaragua launches new housing programme for low-income families

A ‘victory for common sense’ as the anti-fracking activists freed

Britain
The Court of Appeal judge said Rich Loizou, Simon Blevins and Richard Roberts' sentences was ‘manifestly excessive’

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Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Carney subjected to online abuse

Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Leisure service workers to strike over pay

Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Jamaica reach World Cup for first time

Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Corbyn says he can ‘fully understand’ why working-class people voted Leave

Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Truss branded ‘out of touch’ for saying poorer women hardly affected by austerity

Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Khashoggi’s last column published posthumously

Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Bronze warning for France as Women's World Cup tickets go on sale

BRITAIN

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Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Leisure service workers to strike over pay

Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Release of jihadist could increase tensions, says Hope Not Hate

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

A ‘victory for common sense’ as the anti-fracking activists freed

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Thousands protest against the Tories' £3bn further education cuts

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Pensioners demand government resumes funding free TV licences

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Staff at NASUWT walk out on strike over pay and pensions

Britain | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Truss branded ‘out of touch’ for saying poorer women hardly affected by austerity

Britain | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Corbyn says he can ‘fully understand’ why working-class people voted Leave

Britain | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Campaigners gatecrash science exhibition sponsored by Shell

Britain | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Mordaunt upstaged by protester against sexual abuse in the aid sector

Britain | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

London borough will ensure all contracted staff are paid London Living Wage

Britain | Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

69 of the richest 100 bodies in the world are corporations

WORLD

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Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Brazilian Senator brands Bolsanaro ‘a symbol of barbarism’

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Women appointed to half of Ethiopian ministerial roles in major reshuffle

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Former KKK leader says Brazil's Bolsonaro ‘sounds like one of us’

Tuesday 16th Oct 2018

Riyadh ‘preparing statement admitting Khashoggi killed in consulate’

Tuesday 16th Oct 2018

HDP defiant after further arrests of party officials

Tuesday 16th Oct 2018

France's Melenchon warns of ‘coup’ after his home is raided

World | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Khashoggi’s last column published posthumously

World | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Russia warns against uninvited foreign presence in Syria

World | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Nicaragua launches new housing programme for low-income families

World | Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Trump slams critics for judging Saudi's absolute monarchy over journalist's torture and murder

World | Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Afghan activist Malalai Joya praises the ‘brave women of Kurdistan’

World | Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Israel threatens Palestinian author with solitary confinement if new book is published

FEATURES

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Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Why we must keep alive the memory of the brave comrades who fought against fascism in Spain

THERE is a famous often-used quote, “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Voices of Scotland Helping children in mental distress – from Glasgow to Bethlehem

Glasgow City Council mental health workers are learning from a collaboration with colleagues in Palestine. MICK MORTON reports

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Misogyny is far too common in our political culture

Many women on the left have described widespread harassment amid a hyper-masculine environment. As socialists, we need to do something about it, says JYOTI WILKINSON

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Tory MPs have no idea about the reality of universal credit

A PCS member representing jobcentre workers in Plymouth explains that so-called ‘scare stories’ about claimants’ appalling suffering under a regime of welfare cuts aren’t myths — they’re true

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SPORT

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Sport | Thursday 18th

Men’s Athletics Smith and Carlos on 50th anniversary of Mexico Olympic salute

Sport | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Women’s Football Carney subjected to online abuse

Sport | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Women’s Football Jamaica reach World Cup for first time

Sport | Thursday 18th Oct 2018

Women’s Football Bronze warning for France as Women's World Cup tickets go on sale

CULTURE

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Michael Moore’s FAHRENHEIT 11/9 : OFFICIAL TRAILER - In Theaters 9/21

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Film of the week How the fuck do we get out?

That's the question posed by a documentary on the search for an exit strategy from the Trump-era madness, reports MARIA DUARTE

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Film round-up: October 17 2018

MARIA DUARTE and ALAN FRANK review Halloween, After the Screaming Stops, Science Fair and Hunter Killer

Wednesday 17th Oct 2018

Dance Review Brilliance at the double from Ballet Black

The Suit + A Dream Within a Midsummer Night's Dream
Theatre Royal Stratford East/Touring

Cartoons

Film of the week

How the fuck do we get out?

Dance Review

Brilliance at the double from Ballet Black

Theatre Review

Sketchy results in bringing London to life on stage

Powerful meditation on the personal and political costs of the Aids epidemic

Theatre Review

Cut-and-paste Shakespeare tragedies bring misogyny into sharp focus

Jazz

Perfect pictures from an exhibition of jazz artistry