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Controversial wall, when the money they say should be spent on disaster relief. The wall was meant to separate america from mexico but the divide so far has been between the president himself and his legislative party, division that points to a gulf of differences on other issues between those who are broadly internationalist and those who cry America First. Gabriel gate gatehouse has sent this report. There is trouble brewing in arizona. Donald trump is feuding with his own party. At odds over ...

Published: 5:22 PM May 26, 2021    A climate protester dressed in baby garb smears a black oily substance on the steps of Hackney Town Hall. - Credit: Divest Hackney Hackney residents marched across the borough over the weekend and drenched the Town Hall steps in black liquid, calling for an end to its investments in fossil fuels.  The protest on May 22, organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR) and supported by grassroots group Divest Hackney, saw large numbers of people march for the clima...

Obituary Mick Gosling 26 September 1952 - 7 April 2021 Monday 24 May 2021, by Penelope Duggan Mick Gosling 26 September 1952 - 7 April 2021 The driving force of Mick Gosling’s life was the defence of working people’s rights and a commitment to socialism to achieve that. Mick (James) Gosling grew up in Stevenage, in a left-leaning working-class family - his father had been involved in Michael Foot’s 1945 election campaign in Plymouth. Mick himself joined the LPYS at fourteen. In 1970 he ...