Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise
On Tuesday afternoon in Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons there was just a whiff of the intense debate facing people in Latin America, as Parliament considered the European Union trade agreement with Colombia and Peru.
This agreement is designed to give Colombia and Peru privileged access to European markets and has sparked huge concern among environmental, human rights and indigenous groups in both countries.
AB Colombia, a coalition of Cafod, Christian Aid, Oxfam, SCIAF and Trocaire which all run programmes in Colombia, gave an excellent briefing to MPs last Thursday.
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
LEE BROWN highlights the latest attempts to undo progressive reforms instated during the presidency of Rafael Correa
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA


