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Is our empire doomed?
Bryn Jones investigates whether there are Roman lessons in the fall of its empire for Europe and the USA?
Wars, economic disarray, social conflicts: how...
Sending the message back: migrants not wanted
Don Flynn says Labour’s plans to reform immigration policy indicate we shouldn’t expect any happy outcomes
The last few weeks have brought nothing but bad...
Hard right threat
Labour is sleep-walking in the face of the challenge from Reform UK. Recent polls and Musk’s funding carrot mean Labour needs to wake up...
Ukraine – unions coalition calls solidarity march on anniversary of Russia’s invasion
A coalition of the TUC, four national unions and ten Ukrainian organisations have called a march through Central London on 22nd February to mark...
Uganda’s oil curse
Nelson Byaruhanga on the threat to life and climate by big oil exploitation
From racism and discrimination in the work camps by foreign expatriates and...
Building the politics of hope in Israel/Palestine
Jon Lansman reports on the work of Standing Together to secure a ceasefire and an end to Palestinian oppression
For many on the British Left,...
Feudal exploitation
Duncan Bowie on the Royal Family’s secret assets and income
It would be tempting to write about the medieval comic opera of the State opening...
Which way Africa?
Nelson Byaruhanga explains why Africa’s autocrats feel Trump is a relief
The house Speaker of Uganda’s eleventh Parliament on November 6th posed in the middle...
COP 29 – more hot air
Victor Anderson on the continuing failure of the UN’s climate conferences to deliver
Just the name “COP29” should worry you. The Conferences of the Parties...
Arts still suffering
After years of cuts, underfunding and the Brexit effect the arts and creative industries were hoping Labour would usher real change. Not so reports...
EU and UK- Time to break the chains
Glyn Ford says Trump was a predictable accident waiting to happen. Labour needs to stand firm against "divide and conquer".
Four years ago I wrote,...