The basis for 20th-century social democracy in Britain is gone, argues ANDREW MURRAY – but there are measures a Burnham government could take that would break with neoliberalism
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France deploys 'fake news' against the Gilets Jaunes – and fails
With barbaric levels of police brutality failing to quell the rebellion, Macron's neoliberal government have resorted to preposterous smears, reports PAUL CUDENEC
TONY BURKE pays tribute to a dedicated trade unionist and true internationalist who helped organise workers from Britain to Bangladesh
NASUWT leader MATT WRACK says schools are crying out for serious investment — and there are other immediate changes a new prime minister could and should enact
Keir Starmer’s resignation speech seemed to be coming from a different universe, or maybe it was just a fanfaronade of falsehoods, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Starmer will be judged on his record, but it would be wrong to view him in isolation from the crisis of the British political establishment, says the COMMUNIST PARTY in its official statement on the PM’s resignation
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
AFTER 25 weeks of vitriolic smears and propaganda thrown their way by the French state and corporate media, the Gilets Jaunes have had to grow a thick yellow skin.
But the latest attempt to demonise their movement involved a lie so grotesque that even the most battle-hardened campaigners were shocked.
It all involved a hospital, a familiar environment for the many thousands of Yellow Vests injured by police tear gas, grenades and batons since the start of the uprising in November last year.
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