Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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High stakes in Venezuela
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
THE gloves are off in Venezuela, with socialist President Nicolas Maduro ordering a 60-day nationwide “economic emergency” and the right-wing opposition declaring its intent to remove him within six months.
The president issued his proclamation on Friday, shortly before he entered the lions’ den of the opposition-dominated National Assembly to deliver his State of the Union address.
He was confronted there by National Assembly president Henry Ramos who has taken upon himself the role of leading scourge of the Bolivarian revolution and its would-be liquidator.
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