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Trump’s coup threat
Paul Garver on voter suppression, Democratic activists taking campaigning into their own hands to win in swing states, and the need for international solidarity
Going green
Dave Toke explains how Scottish independence will boost green energy
Railways: new directions required
Paul Salveson on de facto state ownership and its problems
The job of the Opposition
A good start says Paul Teasdale, but Starmer’s Labour needs to up its game against this new populist Toryism
A Track and Trace plan to more deaths
A top-down, over-centralised government Track and Trace system is failing poorer communities, reports Puru Miah
Stuart Hall – a theorist for Black Lives Matter
As anti-racist struggles mount world wide, Don Flynn considers the legacy of a pioneer
For a progressive English regionalism
Paul Salveson makes the case for a complete overhaul of UK government structures to rebalance power and decision-making currently dominated by London and the South
Johnson’s own goal
Trevor Fisher on the contradictions between policies on pubs and pitches
The road to an equitable and sustainable economy
Dexter Whitfield exposes the perils of privatisation underlined by the Covid-19 pandemic
Back to the future?
Glyn Ford follows the unfolding US/UK conflict with China and examines prospects for a future war
Democratic vitality must be at the heart of party resurgence
In a 'letter' to Keir Starmer following his first conference speech as leader, Bryn Jones questions whether the moderate character of much of the new leadership approach will trump the Tory narrative on tough times