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Mired in corruption, pursuing costly foreign adventures and a tanking economy, Esen Uslu looks at the shambles

The project of delabourising Labour has had a new lease of life, argues Paul Demarty

Lots of soundbites, no joined-up thinking. Derek James looks at the poverty of the latest ‘great debate’

Letters Turkish fascism I think comrade Conrad’s article on fascism fails to achieve all the sixfold intention he states (‘Misusing the F-word’, May 27). He’s certainly right to insist upon clear and historically rooted definitions and also on his remarks against broadening the scope of the term in an inflationary and only pejorative manner. However, he bends the stick too much on to the other side. The main problem is that he’s too stuck in history and the ‘classical’ cases of fa...

Pogrom state made manifest The far-right terror campaign against Palestinians sees the police arresting those who dare resist. Meanwhile global opposition to Israel grows apace. Tony Greenstein looks at the changing picture Since the ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, Israeli police have been taking their revenge on Israel’s Palestinians for what Jonathan Freedland concedes has been a “strategic disaster”. 1 Oren Ziv in Israel’s +972 magazine described how, in response to the pogroms a...

Story built on lies David Douglass reviews Thatcher vs the miners: the battle for Britain, produced by Harry Bell and Brendan Hughes and broadcast on Channel 5 And the Oscar for the very worst TV ‘documentary’ made on the miners’ strike goes to ... Tern TV for Thatcher vs the miners At first glance we asked, ‘Why now?’ in relation to the production of this programme. There was no particular event or anniversary to mark, but we reasoned the makers of the ‘documentary’ obviously fe...

Has there been a social democratic turn following Joe Biden’s victory? Now, after all, his administration promises not only to tax the rich, but help the poor. Then there is China, the EU and the so-called third world. This is an edited version of the talk Hillel Ticktin gave to the May 27 Online Communist Forum

Where is America going? Has there been a social democratic turn following Joe Biden’s victory? Now, after all, his administration promises not only to tax the rich, but help the poor. Then there is China, the EU and the so-called third world. This is an edited version of the talk Hillel Ticktin gave to the May 27 Online Communist Forum Not many people expected the United States to be in the current political situation: that is to say, to have a Democratic president, who then began to talk abo...

‘Anti-Semitism’ and culture wars Derek James links the press attacks on the mass demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians to a wider Tory offensive For anyone who has been paying even the most cursory attention to British politics over the last few years, some recent headlines on ‘the rising tide of anti-Semitism’ will have an all too familiar ring. Thus, on May 25 The Sunday Times - ostensibly reporting on the huge demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people - chose ...

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