The true cost of Ukraine: £106 billion and counting For Britain, direct military aid is just the tip of the iceberg compared to the spiralling energy crisis that has fueled inflation, driven millions into fuel poverty and inflated corporate profits, reveals HELEN MERCER
Wednesday 12th Mar 2025 The scramble for Greenland As climate change makes vast mineral deposits accessible, the island’s 56,000 residents face unprecedented pressure from Trump’s territorial ambitions while struggling to maintain their traditional way of life, writes JOHN GREEN
Wednesday 12th Mar 2025 Trump’s America, where dissidents get deported Student Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest and threatened deportation are terrifying — but the moribund Democrats are still failing to mount any meaningful resistance against the slide toward autocracy, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Wednesday 12th Mar 2025 Science and Society Chokepoint canals: How climate and politics threaten global shipping Man-made canals like Panama and Suez face unprecedented challenges from extreme weather patterns and geopolitical tensions that reveal the fragility of our global trade networks, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Thursday 13th Mar 2025 Meet the five tribes that make up the Reform UK phenomenon NICK WRIGHT examines how Farage’s party has attracted five distinct voter tribes with incompatible views on economics, immigration and state intervention — presenting both a challenge and opportunity for left organising
Tuesday 11th Mar 2025 No empire dies quietly: the violent twilight of US dominance With trade wars backfiring, allies resisting military demands, and approval ratings plummeting, Trump’s dangerous pursuit of colonial ambitions threatens to end the ‘American century’ with catastrophic conflict, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Tuesday 11th Mar 2025 Voices of Scotland Not a penny for war as public services crumble As Britain plans to increase military spending to 2.6 per cent of the GDP while health services face devastating cuts and drug costs soar, working-class Scots urgently need united resistance, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Tuesday 11th Mar 2025 The monarchy failed to silence me — but free speech remains in danger The police have finally admitted it was totally illegal to arrest me for simply asking who elected King Charles — my ordeal has opened my eyes to the plight of free speech and the right to protest in Britain, writes SYMON HILL
Tuesday 11th Mar 2025 Palestine champions honoured honoured with Iftar Journalists, campaign groups and protest leaders received recognition from the Muslim community for their courage in standing against genocide amid growing police repression and media smears, reports BEN CHACKO
Tuesday 11th Mar 2025 Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing billions can’t cleanse the brutal truth From golf and football to Formula One, the kingdom uses unprecedented investments in global sport to divert attention from its persecution of journalists, dissidents and women, write BELLA KATZ and ROGER McKENZIE
Monday 10th Mar 2025 When Yuri Gagarin gave Britain’s ruling class a headache MAT COWARD recalls the occasion when the first man in space paid a visit to our shores in 1961
