The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
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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
Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
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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