Simon Childs

The lyrics say: “You say genocide, I say war. When you're attacked, it’s what the army is for.”

Prominent leftwing politicians, influencers and groups have been named in a US department of state report into Cuba’s “sustained campaign of subversion” against the US. New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, streamer Hasan Piker, Democracy Now host Amy Goodman and Ben and Jerry’s founder Ben Cohen, are among those named in the 100 page report entitled “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism” which was released on Monday. The report, described by journalist Ken Klippenstein as a “blacklist”, also lists the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), a major grassroots group …

Numerous Spanish political parties have called on prime minister Pedro Sánchez to block an attempt by the US to extradite a wealthy pro-Palestine philanthropist. 

Andy Burnham will make his first speech as prime minister today. Is it a new dawn, or just a Starmer re-run with slightly better vibes, asks Simon Childs.

Nigel Farage will quit as an MP in order to trigger a byelection, in a bid to regain control of the narrative as he faces a deepening scandal over his finances.

The Independent Workers’ of Great Britain (IWGB) union said Andy Haldane should not be “anywhere near a government that claims to stand for working people”.

The political right has a new message of hope - and it’s simply not to worry about climate chaos.

New evidence suggests the disgraced former ambassador was closer to the rightwing think tank Labour Together during the 2020 Labour leadership race than Morgan McSweeney has claimed. Simon Childs reports.

Two suspended councillors are now back in the party, as Reform faces a challenge from the right. Simon Childs reports.

The judge found that the activists wanted to end ‘British complicity in Israeli war crimes’. Simon Childs reports from Woolwich crown court.