The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
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In the coming period, resisting racism and attacks on workers will be key
The Communist Party’s political committee met last week to analyse the general election and its implications for the labour movement. Here is the second part of its subsequent statement
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
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The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
FOLLOWING the Tories’ general election victory, it is vital to identify the main features of the ruling class agenda in Britain in these new political conditions.
Its immediate objective will be to resolve Britain’s political crisis by making an orderly exit from the EU while retaining maximum access to European markets.
Most of big business and its dominant section in the City of London will be content to maintain the close alignment with single market rules, although the immediate threat of progressive state intervention has passed.
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