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Boris Johnson's attack on Parliament reveals a broken system
We need to go beyond hysterical calls to defend the way things are, and instead attack the whole rotten system, writes NATHAN AKEHURST
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
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
WHY has Boris Johnson suspended Parliament? It’s a trap.
Londoners have seen plenty of Boris Johnson’s nasty and petulant authoritarian streak; we remember him blowing over £1million on water cannon he couldn’t use as a symbol of power over his capital.
This is a first strike in a pattern of behaviour that we will need to get used to. Johnson’s attempt to normalise his decision today by sending colleagues to the airwaves with lines such as “it’s been done before” or “this session of Parliament has gone on too long” is not really about convincing anyone.
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