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Owen Jones

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The Green party’s time is now, but it needs to stop being polite – and start picking some fights

The Green party’s time is now, but it needs to stop being polite – and start picking some fights
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Israel’s leaders committed genocide in Gaza and must pay for it. Their political and media allies must too

Israel’s leaders committed genocide in Gaza and must pay for it. Their political and media allies must too

Unless those complicit in the Gaza genocide are held to account, the brutal consequences will be felt far beyond that shattered land. The ceasefire...

24.01.2025 200

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Young people are abandoning democracy for dictators. I can understand their despair

Young people are abandoning democracy for dictators. I can understand their despair
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To see how Trump will control the US media, look at Viktor Orbán’s Hungary

Will democracy survive a second Trump presidency? A change of senior personnel at a social media company involving a former British deputy prime...

07.01.2025 3

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The BBC’s civil war over Gaza

The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Their primary battlefield has become the online news operation....

27.12.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

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Across the west, the centre right is collapsing – and with it, any notion of what is ‘too extreme’

It was once known as the “centre right”, and this was the year it definitively perished. It never had a coherent political philosophy, but it...

27.12.2024 10

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Starmer should not be the fall guy for Labour’s failures. This disaster was written by committee

Keir Starmer’s team can smell the presence of the political grim reaper. Every Friday, the prime minister’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, runs...

20.12.2024 20

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The ICC arrest warrants must bring an end to Israel’s atrocities – and true accountability for all the guilty

It is not just Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant who should fear accountability for one of the gravest crimes of our age. If the international...

21.11.2024 2

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With Trump heading for the White House, the Democrats must learn these lessons – and fast

Did the Democrats really lose because they were too “woke”, too obsessed with minorities, too radical? After defeat, there always comes the battle...

20.11.2024 10

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Is there any red line that Israel will be held to? Biden has just confirmed the answer is no

This is a story about an apparently invincible fortress: the west’s official narrative about Israel’s war on Gaza. No matter how depraved the...

13.11.2024 100

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I’ve been on the road speaking to the US right. Trump’s victory was not a surprise

Wherever I went during the last days of the US election campaign, Donald Trump supporters told me the same thing. From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania,...

06.11.2024 70

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For rioters like Peter Lynch, jail was never the answer

If the British hard right are known for anything, other than trying to kick out migrants and ranting about “woke”, it’s promoting a justice...

29.10.2024 4

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In its assault on northern Gaza, Israel has taken its depraved campaign to new depths

The killing fields of northern Gaza speak of a crime that was confessed to long ago. The Israeli state is creating “a lifeless desert” and an...

17.10.2024 100

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On the streets of Vienna, I saw Austrians’ rage at the march of the far right – but also their helplessness

Last Thursday, on a cool Vienna night, anti-fascist protesters thronged through the pretty boulevards of Austria’s capital. The far right – in...

08.10.2024 10

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What atrocity would Israel have to commit for our leaders to break their silence?

Consider these two parallel universes. One is Gaza, the scene of some of the worst atrocities committed in the 21st century, as Israel’s...

03.10.2024 30

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The speech Keir Starmer should give: our economic model is broken – and I’ll pay for my own Arsenal tickets

Conference, I stand here ready to bury Britain’s age of decline and usher in the age of ambition. For years, politicians have offered this nation...

24.09.2024 50

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Think the left is finished? Look to the Greens and Independent Alliance – and think again

In the aftermath of Jeremy Corbyn’s loss in the 2019 general election, many hostile to his leadership thought the left consigned to history. But...

06.09.2024 10

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From football matches to Taylor Swift tickets, Starmer’s penchant for perks is a disconcerting trait

Let’s call it the Boris Johnson test. When our rightly disgraced former prime minister was collecting numerous freebies at a time of acute social...

31.08.2024 20

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Here it is, the new right playbook: wreck and impoverish the country, enjoy the high life yourself

Rightwing dogma has cost Britons dearly, but remains the ultimate meal ticket for the guilty men and women. While Tory rule saw workers face the...

27.08.2024 2

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While the world discussed the Games, Israel was focused on rape

In the second and last week of the Paris Olympics, most of the world was discussing sporting performances and medal tallies. But in Israel, the...

18.08.2024 2

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Hind Rajab’s death has already been forgotten. That’s exactly what Israel wants

If you are ever in doubt about the nature of Israel’s onslaught against Gaza, remember this little girl. Hind Rajab was a five-year-old...

18.08.2024 10

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The Tories have created an Islamophobic cesspit – but Labour must share some of the guilt

“If we don’t make the white vote angry, he’s gone,” wrote the campaign staffer. “Go strong on the militant Moslem [sic] angle,” while...

10.08.2024 3

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The Southport riot brought to light the horrifying undercurrents in British politics

How did we get from three little girls being hideously killed at a Taylor Swift dance class to boozed-up, far-right thugs rioting on the streets of...

31.07.2024 30

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Labour should listen to pro-Gaza voters. But it’s letting toxic narratives about them flourish

Here is a tale of two defeats. After the 2019 general election, when Labour lost many seats in parts of England that were crudely labelled the...

30.07.2024 10

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By disciplining MPs for voting to pull children out of poverty, Keir Starmer has shown us who he really is

The Labour leadership has told you who it is, over and over again: it is time to believe it. Keir Starmer has suspended seven Labour MPs because...

24.07.2024 2

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The American republic is crumbling before us – and Democrats must share the blame

Has the US entered its late Soviet phase? The country is a gerontocracy led by ailing leaders and with a crisis of confidence in its dominant...

17.07.2024 20

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