Latest editorial
LATVIAN authorities have begun dismantling the monument to victory over Nazi Germany in the capital, Riga.
Huge bronze statues of Red Army soldiers who liberated Latvia from German occupation were removed on Tuesday, and demolition work is ongoing.
The statue also contains a “motherland” figure and an obelisk topped with a Soviet star.
WILL PODMORE admires an account of the liberation of Berlin that overthrows the conventional US army-inspired account
CJ ATKINS commemorates one of the most dramatic moments in working-class history
The summer of 1950 saw Labour abandon further nationalisation while escalating Korean War spending from £2.3m to £4.7m, as the government meekly accepted capitalism’s licence and became Washington’s yes-man, writes JOHN ELLISON