A 1936 confrontation with Mosley’s BUF became part of a wider international struggle, with local activists later joining the fight against fascism in the Spanish civil war. TONY FOX tells the story ahead of a 90th anniversary commemoration event
Knee-on-neck restraint and the Minnesota police – a clarification
Palestinians demonstrate against Israeli plans for the annexation of parts of the West Bank, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, yesterday
Voters have delivered a stay of execution for Labour and exposed limits to Reform’s advance. But will Burnham offer a political alternative rather than just a different face at the top, asks ANDREW MURRAY
SEVIM DAGDELEN warns that Germany’s military resurgence and revival of old hostilities towards Russia have dangerous implications for Europe and beyond
MATT KERR takes stock of a night of by-elections, where the long repeated warnings for Labour and the political class remain stubbornly unheeded
Trump Is Building a Legal and Military Architecture to Invade Latin America. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Despite forming most of Britain’s trade union membership, women continue to endure harassment, inequality and minimal support for their sex-based rights, warns VALERIE COULTAS
ISRAELI activist Neta Golan was quoted in a Morning Star article, Minnesota Force Had Training in Israeli Brutality, published on June 2.
The Morning Star reported that “at least 100 Minnesota police officers attended a 2012 conference hosted by the Israeli consulate in Chicago,” highlighting the close links between the Israeli and US police forces.
In the piece, Ms Golan suggested that the “technique of leaning on our chests and necks” which she knew to be practised by both the Israeli and US police forces had been shared by Israeli forces when training others.
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