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Posted on Thursday June 26, 2025

France's political upheaval isn't temporary - it's a profound constitutional crisis | Pierre Purseigle
Posted on Tuesday October 14, 2025

The war in Gaza is over, says Trump. Now who will be responsible for maintaining the peace? | Roy Schwartz
Posted on Monday October 13, 2025

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
Posted on Monday October 13, 2025

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Posted on Monday October 13, 2025

Voters' voices are being shut out of British politics. Your Party has a radical plan to change that | Jeremy Corbyn
Posted on Monday October 13, 2025

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A broken housing market is driving inequality right across Europe – and fuelling the far right | Kirsty Major
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