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CRISPIN FLINTOFF invites readers to join him and socialist friends for an awards ceremony to champion those who’ve bravely spoken out against the disgraceful witch-hunting in the Labour Party

BRIGHTON University wants to close One World Nursery.

I HAVE to start my column this week with a howl of rage at naked class injustice. In an utterly “contributory negligence” moment, a judge ruled that South Yorkshire police officers have no case to answer in the Hillsborough cover-up trial because the altered police statements were prepared for the Taylor inquiry, which was not a statutory public inquiry but an “administrative exercise.” In my many visits to see Brighton play Sheffield Wednesday over the years, I have entered the away fans’ enclosure at the Leppings Lane end of the ground thinking about the unspeakable events of tha...

THE annual commemoration marking Levellers’ Day had to be shifted into cyberspace this year, but the online event was passionate, inspiring and did a grand job in celebrating our revolutionary heroes. There were rallying speeches, a moment of prayer and reflection, calls to action from contemporary campaigners, and music both rousing and melancholy. The full day’s programme was curated by a group including the International Brigade Memorial Committee in Oxford and the TUC London East and South East. The packed event brought together some 20 speakers and performers to mark the day, May 17 ...