Joe Glenton
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UN children’s agency ‘deeply concerned’ by planned UK asylum law
A top UN figure has said the new Tory refugee legislation would be at odds with the law and be a risk to displaced children. → Read More
Flippant references to Nazis blur the real and present dangers of fascism
Making wild Nazi comparisons obscures real fascism, as well as the fact that authoritarian, racist capitalism itself is violent and dangerous → Read More
Three Palestinians shot dead in “cold blood” by Israeli forces
Three Palestinian men - Sufyan Fakhoury, Ahmed Fashafsha, and Nayef Malaysha - were shot dead by Israeli forces → Read More
Millions of Syrian children face even worse hardship after the earthquake
War and the earthquake have left Syria's children doubly vulnerable. Now, leading humanitarians warn help isn't coming fast enough → Read More
Covid contracts and cronyism: Matt Hancock’s texts make for tough reading
Pandemic WhatsApp leaks show the Tories' contempt for workers and the elderly, and their affection for good old-fashioned cronyism → Read More
Western-trained Afghan special forces said to be fighting for Putin's Wagner Group
Afghan commandos trained and abandoned by the West may already be fighting for Russian forces in the Ukraine war → Read More
Food shortages hit UK as Brexiters and Remainers argue over who’s to blame
As Brexiters and Remainers argue over food shortages, Thérèse Coffey urges Britain to consider the stout and nutritious turnip → Read More
Russia-China ties deepen but New Cold War rhetoric conceals more than it discloses
New Cold War rhetoric distracts from actual existential threats and the only beneficiaries are governments and their arms dealer pals → Read More
Modi’s BBC police raid is an attack on the free press, but its under assault everywhere
Authoritarians like Modi around the world resent public service journalism, suppressing it wherever they can - not just the BBC in India → Read More
Newly discovered archives recount brutal career of a colonial mercenary
A colonial mercenary escaped jail despite being court martialed for allegedly stabbing an Omani prisoner in the throat → Read More
Prevent review slammed by experts after controversial inquiry head praises scheme
The review tells a marginalised and maligned community that it is they, not the violent far-right, who are an enemy within → Read More
All signs point to escalation amid Zelensky visit
Sunak and Zelensky cosplay as pilots while Russian diplomats fume, but nuclear war still looms over the Ukraine conflict → Read More
Leaked documents suggest Qatar bribed US-backed Afghan leaders to avoid resisting Taliban
Some of Afghanistan's most powerful leaders took massive bribes to let the Taliban take back the country, according to leaked documents → Read More
Big banks are making a killing amid inflation and the cost of living crisis
Big banks are making a killing amid multiple economic crises - and they aren't keen on the idea of sharing their profits → Read More
Shell Oil makes highest profit in 115 years while pensioners freeze in their homes
As long they let their oil boss mates line their pockets, there isn't a Tory in the land who can criticise striking workers. → Read More
This Tory MP has a plan to save the world
It's one of a genre of articles obsessed with imperial decline, Churchill, Russia, China, and international politics as a board game → Read More
More tanks to Ukraine won't decide the war, but they may escalate it
The gifting of tanks seems to be more about NATO unity than military effectiveness - and the cost to us all could be very high → Read More
A Tory MP tried to use one of his staff to make a point about living standards and it fell flat
Lee Anderson has once again made a fool of himself on Twitter, leading to parodies involving muppets, dogs, and elves → Read More
French workers have set the example with mass strikes and protests
French workers are leading the way in the international fight for better living standards - and they aren't taking no for an answer → Read More
Striking workers from a homelessness charity beat their tight-fisted bosses
Shelter workers just beat their bosses and won the kind of substantial pay-rise we need to see across all sectors → Read More