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We must resist the concerted witch-hunt on the Labour left
Long Bailey’s sacking is an attack on anyone who stands up for Palestine, says SWETA CHOUDHURY
Labour leader Keir Starmer with Rebecca Long Bailey, whom he sacked this week
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
THE sacking of Rebecca Long Bailey is a damning indictment of the Labour right.
By ditching her from the front benches, Keir Starmer has declared a formal war on the left of the party and has shifted the meaning of anti-semitism from a hatred of Jews to any criticism of Israel.
The move came after Long Bailey shared an article that referred to Israeli forces training US police — something beyond doubt and fairly well documented.
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