IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Turkey’s state-sponsored Islamic terrorism
Syrian born AMIR DARWISH exposes Turkey's long history of support for Isis and other jihadist groups in the Middle East
Pro-Kurdish protesters march in London against the Turkish and allied jihadist groups invasion of Northern Syria
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
IN TERRORISM studies, there is a theory that states can sponsor terrorism. Turkey is a strong candidate for such a case.
With recent events in north-eastern Syria and Turkish attacks on the Kurds, such a point needs to be explained and made clear.
As its dream of entering the EU vanished, Turkey tried to dig into its Islamic identity and establish itself as a centre for the Islamic world, drawing on a past that goes back to before WWI when the Ottoman empire had a caliph at its head.
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