The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
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The little-known clause that could ‘justify’ Syria war
France is using an obscure part of the Lisbon Treaty to suck the EU into its Paris revenge campaign, writes JULIAN JONES
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
TERRORIST attacks on Western soil will inevitably spark hyperbolic responses from the British and European Establishment, and these very human tragedies are often manipulated for a number of reasons.
They are frequently used as a motive with which to target and undermine our rights to privacy and personal freedom, or to justify confused or downright imperialist plans for intervention in foreign countries.
So far, we have witnessed both of these responses in the wake of last month’s attacks in Paris.
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