Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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The slow strangling of Ecuador’s democracy
As Ecuador’s government delivers for the elites, the space for democratic resistance is being restricted, writes DANIEL McAVOY
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
US military planes flying across the skies, students protesting against education cuts and progressive politicians facing political persecution. This isn't the Latin America of the dark and distant past but Ecuador today. It is a stark reminder of just how far social progress has been overturned there.
The social change that swept Latin America at the turn of the century was one of the most progressive advances in modern human history. Collectively the governments of Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua, Uruguay and others drove back decades of underdevelopment, exclusion, poverty and inequality.
Ecuador, under the socialist leadership of Rafael Correa, was a central part of the left tide that swept away so much reaction. In just over a decade, poverty was slashed there by a third, with inequality reduced by more than in nearly any other Latin American country.
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