The basis for 20th-century social democracy in Britain is gone, argues ANDREW MURRAY – but there are measures a Burnham government could take that would break with neoliberalism
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Scottish voters should not be forced into a binary choice
NEIL FINDLAY puts the arguments for a third option on Scotland’s future
Participants at the Indyref 2020 rally, hosted by the National newspaper, in George Square in Glasgow, in November 2019
TONY BURKE pays tribute to a dedicated trade unionist and true internationalist who helped organise workers from Britain to Bangladesh
NASUWT leader MATT WRACK says schools are crying out for serious investment — and there are other immediate changes a new prime minister could and should enact
Keir Starmer’s resignation speech seemed to be coming from a different universe, or maybe it was just a fanfaronade of falsehoods, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Starmer will be judged on his record, but it would be wrong to view him in isolation from the crisis of the British political establishment, says the COMMUNIST PARTY in its official statement on the PM’s resignation
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
THE Trump era saw the United States deeply divided, society cleaved apart, fuelled by a politics of hatred and conflict.
Anyone with deeply held and genuine views about poverty, foreign policy, healthcare or democracy was identified as the enemy.
Decent people were mocked and victimised for daring to raise questions. Social media became a war zone of vicious exchanges and fake news.
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