The campaign against the Bank of England’s ongoing theft of Venezuelan gold is gaining support across the labour movement and beyond, writes MATT WILLGRESS
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A mixed year for the left in Britain
ROBERT GRIFFITHS looks at the highs and lows of the past year in politics
The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Claims that Nicaragua has abolished elections followed a headline that stripped Daniel Ortega’s remarks of their historical and political context. The full speech tells a different story, says BECCA RENK FOSTER
Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
MAT COWARD introduces some of the electoral oddballs of the political fringe who remain one of the liveliest features of British democracy, despite efforts to abolish them
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
Where stand Britain's political parties at the close of 2013 and into the new year?
The Tories should be feeling relieved and pleased. Technically, the economy has grown out of recession, although many millions of workers and their families continue to struggle with falling real incomes, rising prices, shrinking horizons and persistent insecurity.
Aided and abetted by the media, Chancellor George Osborne has successfully perpetuated the big lie that the last Labour government was responsible for a non-existent crisis in Britain's public finances.
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