IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Sleepwalking into war
In the first of his articles STEWART McGILL looks at how US’s ‘decoupling’ from China threatens world peace and betrays a mindset focused on maintaining global dominance
DUAL USE: CSIRO uses the latest in computer gaming technology to help reduce the incidence of one of the most common cancers in Australia – bowel cancer. The simulator provides photo-realistic rendering using the processing power of the latest NVIDIA graphics cards
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PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
IN 2013 Christopher Clark wrote The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914. The title reminded us of humanity’s current, somnambulant stumble towards global conflict.
In September 2022, US officials told chipmaker Nvidia that it would need special licences to sell Chinese customers two of its processors that are widely used to speed up AI calculations.
Nvidia said the crackdown was aimed at preventing military use of the processors. However, powerful AI chips are an important dual-use technology – they also play a central role in the data centres that process large volumes of data, with broader economic effects.
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