In the UK – and across the west - incendiary language and white supremacist policies are entering the political mainstream
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Not yet worried about tyranny in Britain? This is why you should be | Owen Jones ○
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Chilling comments by Reform figures can’t be dismissed when you consider the overwhelming power of the UK’s centralised state
Britain is much closer to tyranny than you think. Consider a recent social…
14 days ago
Humiliated by Iran, the US wants an easy scalp: keep your eyes on Cuba | Owen Jones ⊖
The decision to charge Raúl Castro is grimly reminiscent of the run-up to Trump’s military operation in Venezuela. Meanwhile, the Cuban people are suffering needlessly
The US war machine has turned it…
23 days ago
After the painful ruse of Starmerism, the left should be cautious about Andy Burnham | Owen Jones ⊕
With the Greens now a viable alternative, a Labour leader will not win power again without the progressive vote. But they will need to earn it
Labour’s failures have made a rightwing authoritarian gov…
35 days ago
Zack Polanski’s Jewish identity is being erased because his views are too leftwing | Owen Jones ⊖
The leader of the Green party has faced antisemitic attacks, and yet his thoughts on the subject don’t count as far as the rightwing UK press is concerned
The surge of the Green party has emphasised a…
48 days ago
The international right has CPAC. Has the left finally found its answer? | Owen Jones ⊖
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Spain’s PM, Pedro Sánchez, hosted the inaugural meeting of the Global Progressive Mobilisation. Keir Starmer and other social democrats were notable by their absence
Can progressives push back the ris…
56 days ago
Even the neocons have turned against wars in the Middle East | Owen Jones ⊖⊖
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Millions have died as a result of disastrous US-led military adventurism. But there have been no consequences for those who championed it for so long
What an admission. “The threat of terrorism” from …
61 days ago
Why is anyone surprised by the US and Israel’s latest war? It’s only what the world allowed them to do in Gaza | Owen Jones ⊖⊖
The price of silence from western politicians and media outlets over Israel’s actions in Palestine is now being paid by Iranian and Lebanese civilians
The president of the United States threatened thi…
70 days ago
Tony Blair says the left is in ‘unholy alliance’ with Islamists. It’s a desperate last ploy to quell the anger over Gaza | Owen Jones ⊖⊖
The former PM has no valid response when progressives raise a voice over war crimes, so he seeks to mute them. But we’ll take no moral lectures from him
The left, claims Tony Blair, has forged an “all…
77 days ago
There are no missiles raining down on Havana. But what I saw there was still warfare | Owen Jones ⊖⊖
Trump’s oil blockade is starving the island of vital resources. His brute force isn’t making America great again – it’s breeding resentment across the globe
The US has become a power that knows only h…