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Crimea repression

Halya Koynash speaks out about Russian repression, the plight of Crimean Tatars and why Crimea must be free from occupation It had seemed that on 24th...

Runcorn wake up call

Starmer’s Labour has left voters without hope. Thursday’s Runcorn by-election defeat and local council votes should be a wake-up call for a fresh approach...

Between two powers

Christopher Ford looks at Trump-Putin Axis of reaction busy setting the ground for betrayal while Europe toys with a  partition plan leaving Ukraine under...

Cyprus settlement?

Mary Southcott says Cyprus could be settled this year if Turkey agrees  Rosemary DiCarlo, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations for Political Affairs was...

Dicing with Democracy

Glyn Ford on the dangers of voter suppression and a flawed IPPR report proposing ways to make voting easier with an extended electorate. Both Parties...

Tentative hope for Syria

Patrick Costello on the unexpected downfall of Assad and the need for a cautious welcome to the new rulers The dramatic collapse of Assad’s Syria...

Mussolini could have been stopped

Andrea Pisauro on the lessons of Mussolini’s fascist Italy for today OOne intriguing choice in Antonio Scurati novel about Mussolini's rise to power, currently  adapted...

Misreading Russia

Bryn Jones and Julie Ward on Ukraine, Jeffrey Sachs and the benign dismissal of authoritarian expansion On 19th February the noted US development economist, Jeffrey...

What went wrong?

Scottish Labour’s 2024 victory has quickly turned to rubble. Gerry Hassan explains why Less than a year ago as Labour were returned to UK office...

No rabbit. No hat. No hope. 

This is not what we voted for says Karen Constantine of the government’s recent measures on welfare reform which she calls punitive and unfair...

MPs and campaigners demand a free and united Ukraine and an end to Russian occupation

An international coalition of MPs, trade unionists and campaigners have demanded that peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine bring an end to Russian occupation,...

Labour needs a new plan

Duncan Bowie on the housing crisis and how to solve it The Government has a real problem with housing. Having promised that Labour will build...