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I’m facing 10 years in prison for climate protest. I’d still do it again

I’m facing 10 years in prison for climate protest. I’d still do it again

The UK’s broken justice system is locking young activists like me away – and we’ll all suffer the consequences
Ella Ward 19 May 2025
Keir Starmer could win back many voters by standing up to Israel

Keir Starmer could win back many voters by standing up to Israel

By abandoning its left-wing values, Labour has lost many supporters. Taking action to help Gazans could win them back
Paul Rogers 14 May 2025
Wales’ prisons will keep failing as long as England controls its judiciary

Wales’ prisons will keep failing as long as England controls its judiciary

Rising custodial deaths, self-harm and rampant racial disproportionality are being masked by lack of a devolved judiciary
Peter McNamara 24 Apr 2025
Gaza faces increasingly bleak reality one month after Israel ended ceasefire

Gaza faces increasingly bleak reality one month after Israel ended ceasefire

Western states are still failing to put the pressure on Israel needed to end the bloodshed
Paul Rogers 17 Apr 2025
Trump’s tariffs are not unlike previous US plan that ended in disaster

Trump’s tariffs are not unlike previous US plan that ended in disaster

The Project for the New American Century, launched 28 years ago, offers a warning for current Trumpian world order
Paul Rogers 09 Apr 2025
How the far right is using thinness to radicalise women and teen girls

How the far right is using thinness to radicalise women and teen girls

The far right has normalised much of its ideology within mainstream politics – and ‘body fascism’ is part of that
Lois Shearing 08 Apr 2025
Women will suffer most from UK government’s cuts to disability benefits

Women will suffer most from UK government’s cuts to disability benefits

Cuts will push hundreds of thousands of women into poverty or force them out of workforce
Mary-Ann Stephenson 03 Apr 2025

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