‘Neither Washington nor Beijing’ means objective support for Washington In the first of a new series, CARLOS MARTINEZ explores the weaknesses of latter-day ‘third campism’ in relation to the emerging new cold war on China
Features | Thursday 25th Feb 2021 The BBC uses contrived Covid controversy to back its ‘one-party state’ stance
Tuesday 23rd Feb 2021 The making of a mental-health activist RUTH HUNT tells the story of a mother forced to take matters into her own hands, first to investigate her son's death and then to reform the mental-health system that failed him
Monday 22nd Feb 2021 Iran – nuclear deal in the balance The first foreign policy test for Biden looks sets to be the nuclear deal with Iran, which the United States reneged on in 2018. JANE GREEN assesses the prospects of an agreement
Monday 22nd Feb 2021 Exposing how trade unions have been caricatured and smeared GRANVILLE WILLIAMS delves into the historic and continuing role of ‘spycops’ and the media in attacking the trade union movement
Monday 22nd Feb 2021 A spectre is haunting global capital — the spectre of falling rates of profit The ultra-low and sub-zero interest rates reflect a system afflicted by a falling rate of profit, says FAWZI IBRAHIM
Sunday 21st Feb 2021 ‘Living in a mud hole takes away all your feeling of being human, really’ BETHANY RIELLY talks to refugees and NGO workers about the child mental health crisis in Lesbos refugee camp, where there are no activities, no school, where tents collapse in the night, and storms remind children of the war they fled from
Friday 19th Feb 2021 OPINION An elephant trap for the left A demoralised and insular left is in danger of handing the issue of free speech over to the dishonest right – and no good can come of it for socialists, warns KEVIN OVENDEN
Friday 19th Feb 2021 Why Britain should not support Aussie rightwinger for top job at OECD Former finance minister Mathias Cormann’s anti-union and anti-environment track record is cause for concern, says TONY BURKE
Saturday 20th Feb 2021 This latest lockdown should have been the last. It still could be While the vaccine rollout is welcome, we still need a proper strategy to suppress the virus in order to bring an end the pandemic, says DIANE ABBOTT
Saturday 20th Feb 2021 Why we’re calling for a ‘right to food’ to be enshrined in law Bakers’ union leader SARAH WOOLLEY explains how the BFAWU is fighting to end the scourge of food poverty in communities and workplaces across the country
Saturday 20th Feb 2021 The words of Claudia Jones words still resonate today With growing tensions between nations and the rise of fascism in many parts of the world DAVID HORSLEY reminds us of the case of a great US anti-racist
