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The return of the rotten borough?
Andy Brain reports on English councils’ accountability problem: candidates ‘elected’ without a vote being cast
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From our archive
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Thatcher: You’ve got to fight! For the left! To party!
Commentators claim Thatcher ‘death parties’ are the thoughtless, tasteless products of a bandwagon-jumping youth. They should have more imagination, writes Siobhán McGuirk. This is an iconoclastic moment
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Autonomy and acknowledgement of autistic bodies
Gerry Hart highlights the urgent need to fight for autistic bodily autonomy
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The hopeful refusenik: An interview with Joe Glenton
Daniel Baker sits down with Joe Glenton to discuss class, veteranhood, and the radical potential for organising within Britain’s armed forces
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IN FOCUS
Palestine
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Dispatches from Gaza: ceasefire cycles
As talks of a ceasefire rise and fade from the headlines, Shaimaa Eid speaks to people living in Gaza City – documenting the meaning of ‘truce’ as felt on the ground
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Breaking the sword in occupied Palestine
In the first dispatch of our series Breaking the Sword, three clandestine organisers working in the West Bank report on settler colonialism and ethnic cleansing
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How the UK arms the occupation and genocidal war in Gaza
Opaque deals and policy loopholes are facilitating weapons sales to Israel. While government dodges accountability, the people must demand action says Anna Stavrianakis
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Africa’s strong bonds to Palestine
Remembering Africa’s historic ties with and support for Palestine is vital as relations with Israel are normalised across the continent, write Salim Vally and Roshan Dadoo















