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Gaza protests / 5 July 2026
5 July 2026
Donald Trump rants against communism at Mount Rushmore National Memorial on Friday
Editorial / 5 July 2026
5 July 2026
Members of the British Battalion, Major Attlee Company, 15th International Brigade, displaying their banner during a lull in the fighting during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939
Spanish Civil War 90th Anniversary / 4 July 2026
4 July 2026

MAXINE PEAKE says the warnings of the International Brigades ring true today

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Books / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an entertaining, useful guide to the threats and promises of mathematical rationality

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Men’s football / 5 July 2026
5 July 2026
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A LITANY OF PAIN: A four-year-old cancer patient, Nashly Zerquera, is examined by Dr Yolainy Romero Rodriguez at the National Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology in Havana, Cuba, last Wednesday
Latin America / 4 July 2026
4 July 2026

Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis, writes ANDREA RODRIGUEZ

Photo: Henry Fowler, Strike Map
Workers' Rights / 4 July 2026
4 July 2026

By making it simpler to support workers in struggle, Strike Map’s new Solidarity Fund aims to strengthen strikes when they need it most, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER

Lawman / 4 July 2026
4 July 2026

ANSELM ELDERGILL explains why the rule of law is fundamental to our liberty and welfare

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tours Palantir Technologies headquarters with company employees and British military personnel in Washington DC, February 27, 2025
Politics / 4 July 2026
4 July 2026

Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE

Sam Wild addresses the British Battalion
Spanish Civil War 90th Anniversary / 4 July 2026
4 July 2026

Thousands of remarkable Britons left ordinary lives behind to join the struggle against Franco. Here is a snapshot of those who answered the call

RESOLUTE RESISTANCE: Stop the War Coalition and CND No War on Iran demonstration in central Glasgow, April 11 2026
Aw That / 4 July 2026
4 July 2026

The present drive to war is a cynical and deliberate diversion from deteriorating living standards, argues MATT KERR

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Men’s football / 5 July 2026
5 July 2026

Football may not solve the working class’s problems, but it does matter — and politicians know it, writes BERT SHOUWENBURG

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Rugby Super League / 5 July 2026
5 July 2026
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Men's cricket / 5 July 2026
5 July 2026
A view inside the stadium at kick-off during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group A match at Mexico City Stadium, June 11, 2026
2026 World Cup / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

JAMES NALTON previews the Three Lions' round of 16 clash against the co-hosts in Mexico City

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Book Review / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class

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Film of the Week / 2 July 2026
2 July 2026

ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists

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Attila the Stockbroker / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party

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Cinema / 2 July 2026
2 July 2026

MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness! 

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Theatre Review / 1 July 2026
1 July 2026

PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production

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Theatre Review / 1 July 2026
1 July 2026

GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film