Theresa May reneges on agreed Irish deal. Corbyn offers a way forward
Theresa May’s speech in Belfast last Friday ripped up the agreed position on the Northern Ireland ‘backstop’ deal her government had reached with the EU-27 in December last year.
Month: July 2018
ARISE: A festival of Labour’s left ideas
Arise takes place on the evening of July 27 and all day on July 28.
American Companies Pay for Trump’s Trade War with China
In a further escalation of the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, the Trump administration is preparing to announce 10% tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese exports to the US, including a variety of consumer goods. The full list of goods on which the tariffs will be imposed is likely to be released later this week or early next week.
The sectarian petitioning of Momentum
A petition has been launched calling on Momentum to ballot its members on whether it should campaign for there to be a vote at this Autumn’s Labour Party Conference to call for a referendum on the final exit deal negotiated between the UK government and the EU-27.
Martin McGuinness: The Man I Knew by Jude Collins – Book Review
How to estimate the significance of an historic figure of recent passing? Martin McGuinness’s portrait now adorns murals in Ireland, alongside Wolf Tone, Constance Markievicz, James Connolly and similar giants of Ireland’s struggle for freedom. Such positioning is not outlandish. It’s what Martin earnt.
US increases the pressure on Venezuela
Under Donald Trump’s presidency US efforts to overthrow the Venezuela’s socialist revolution have been stepped up.