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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The international uprising against racism must not be allowed to burn out
From Greece to Germany, the Black Lives Matter protest movement that began in the US has reignited the struggle for human equality. We must not let the Establishment derail it, warns KEVIN OVENDEN
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
THERE are many politicians hoping that the international wave of protests under the banner of Black Lives Matter will dwindle and turn out to be a moment rather than a movement.
They are not just willing the ends, but the means also.
One of them is to pay lip service to the slogan so that it becomes so ubiquitous as to be anodyne.
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