Why Chinese and Western modernisation are different

Richard Leonard has put forward a motion marking McGahey's leadership the struggles of coal miners for safety, conditions, wages and jobs, his role in advancing the Scottish labour movement and contribution to delivering a Scottish Parliament.

Ewan Gibbs Great man - and full of warmth as well as principle

Ewan Gibbs Had he been General Secretary there would have been no disastrous strike.

Richard Leonard Full details on the motion are available on the Parliament website. It has enjoyed cross-party support from Labour, SNP, Green and Lib Dem MSPs and also calls for a tribute to McGahey to be erected at Holyrood. parliament.scot/chamber-and-co…

Michael 'Mick' McGahey was a prominent Communist, a leader of the Scottish and British miners in pivotal moments between the 1960s and 1980s and a preeminent campaigner for a Scottish Parliament. Today, the 25th anniversary of his passing will be commemorated at Holyrood.

Mariam Barghouti مريم البرغوثي Ha, you think we are afraid of an Apartheid state? Never! Aluta continua

Left: Conservative Party Home Secretary Suella Braverman, 'These are hate marches'

Right: Former Co-Chair of the Conservative Party Baroness Warsi, 'Israel is not Netanyahu, the Palestinian people are not Hamas, and the protestors on the streets of London are neither protesting…

Chinese diplomacy seems to have gotten a lot more skilled since the 2020-2022 “wolf warrior” phase. In the current Israel-Hamas/Palestine conflict, China has been playing its cards quite deftly: building goodwill with Arab countries and encouraging notions of solidarity across…

I remember lots of things, but I do not think that the international situation was ever so bad, with several irresolvable conflicts going on, and total unwillingness to negotiate. We have to go back to the 1930s---and even then people negotiated.

In 1937, Winston Churchill said of the Palestinians, the Native Americans, and the Aboriginal Australians:

Robert Peston If Western Leaders had held Israel to previous treaties, sanctioned them every time they breached, not armed them to the teeth to ensure they could subjugate Palestinians, prosecuted them for breaches of humanitarian law, criminal violations over 75 years, eh?

The transformation of BRICS over the last year has taken the world by surprise. Five members has become eleven, with many more in waiting. The Global South has acquired a powerful new voice on the global stage. In conversation with Martin Jacques youtu.be/xmFz-vpXOXY?si…

Very sad to hear this. A wonderful and unique institution. Can’t anything be done to save it even at this late hour? One of my favourite places in London. A piece of India in the heart of London.

#Opinion : Born in 2009, in the immediate aftermath of Western financial crisis, BRICS signaled the growing importance of the developing world. From the outset, it represented and articulated a desire for an alternative to the Western-dominated, post-1945 global order, writes…

Despite fond liberal imaginings, WWII was not won by New Deal or FDR's bomber program. At home USA barely broke sweat. Work of crushing Nazis done by Stalinist SU. If we are 'declaring war on climate change', will it be China carrying fight this time?
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If this is even half-true, it looks as if reality is dawning and the end game is not far away.

Of course Labour can't possibly eject Neal Lawson of Compass for a 2-year-old tweet of great good sense. Even to threaten risks stirring a mighty rebellion - and not by the usual suspects. The majority of the members voted for proportional representation! Sack the lot?

Spot on from David Edgar

I just wanted to send this farewell message to all Manchester United supporters.

I would like to express my unwavering gratitude and appreciation for the love from the last 12 years. We’ve achieved a lot since my dear Sir Alex Ferguson brought me to this club. I took incredible…