While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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Labour and the 10 pledges: where will it end?
The current situation within Labour, where you can be disciplined for expressing support for those already disciplined, is a grim indication of what a Starmer government might look like, warns RICHARD RUDKIN
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner during a visit to a housing development in South Ribble in Lancashire, to tour the site and meet staff, April 27, 2023
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
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General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
AS A socialist and a writer, sometimes I hope I am wrong about the future of British politics — in particular, the direction the Labour Party is heading. In January 2020, I wrote in the Morning Star that Keir Starmer’s decision to commit the Labour Party to abide by the 10 pledges of the Board of Deputies (BoD) was a dangerous move for the left.
Not only would it be used to silence criticism of the actions by Israel and curtail free speech, but wherever possible it would be used to suspend Labour members on the left with a view to expelling them — thereby bit by bit filling the party with members that are centre-right while silencing criticism about the treatment of Palestinians by those on the left that have remained in Labour.
My prediction by some in Labour was seen as a little far-fetched. No, I was told, socialists would not let that happen. Socialists should remain in Labour — “stay and fight” against Starmer’s plan to silence members and move the party back to the left. After three years we all know how well that is going, don’t we?
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