The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
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Greeks defy government ban to mark 1973 democratic uprising
Brutal repression and snatch squads failed to deter a mass turnout of protesters in Athens, writes KEVIN OVENDEN
CLAMPING DOWN: Police officers detain a man during a protest in central Athens on Tuesday November 17
Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
THOUSANDS of protesters across a major European state defied massed riot police and savage repression this week ordered by a right-wing government acting wholly outside the law.
They did so to mark the historic event that ended authoritarian rule and brought parliamentary democracy to their country, and to demand investment in the health service and social measures to meet the pandemic.
It was not in Poland or Hungary. They are in the news for their hard-right governments’ theatrical standoff with the European Union over its next budget.
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