The six richest countries in the world, who make up almost 60% of the world鈥檚 economy, are hosting less than 9% of the total number of refugees in the world, a July 18 report by British charity Oxfam found.
Britain
鈥淚t is a war between the majority of [Labour] MPs and the overwhelming majority of Labour Party members 鈥 hundreds and thousands of them,鈥 says Kate Hudson, the national secretary of English party Left Unity, on the struggle over Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party.
Hudson, who is also general secretary for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, was speaking to Melbourne community radio station 3CR's Solidarity Breakfast show on July 23.
The new administration of Prime Minister Theresa May marks a sharp shift in Britain's Conservative Party government towards the xenophobic right.
May has had a remarkable clearout of ministers who served under ex-PM David Cameron 鈥 who resigned after leading the failed campaign to stay in the European Union 鈥 in order to shape the government in her image.
Declaring "We have abolished the case for austerity", left-wing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn officially launched his campaign for re-election in London on July 21. He used the occasion to make a strong putting a case for a clearly anti-austerity Labour Party to oppose the Tories and a rise in racism.
Jeremy Corbyn addresses supporters in London.
鈥淛eremy Corbyn has touched parts of the electorate Labour hasn鈥檛 reached in a long time.鈥 That is the judgement of Laura Kuenssberg, the Tory propagandist who delivers most of the BBC鈥檚 political coverage on Labour鈥檚 socialist leader.
British Labour Jeremy Corbyn's name should automatically be on the ballot paper in the Labour Party's leadership contest, the party's national executive committee (NEC) ruled on July 12.
A truck bomb exploded in Baghdad on July 3, killing at least 292 people and wounding hundreds of others. The bombing, for which ISIS claimed responsibility, had the highest death toll of any terrorist bombing in Iraq since the US, Britain and Australia invaded the country in 2003.
The victory of the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union (鈥淏rexit鈥) in the June 23 referendum was the result of 鈥 and is intensifying 鈥 a huge right-wing anti-immigration campaign.
England lose to Iceland and 鈥淏rexit鈥 from Euro2016, June 27.
What a time to be in London. My family's long-planned vacation has given us a ringside seat for the greatest humiliations suffered by Britain since boxer Frank Bruno tried to take down a young Mike Tyson.
The release of the Chilcot Report on July 6 has led to renewed calls for former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his role in starting the Iraq War.
British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on July 6 that public opposition to the war in Iraq had been 鈥渧indicated鈥 鈥 and called on politicians who ignored pleas for peace to 鈥渇ace up to the consequences鈥.
For some people, it was impossible to believe that this day would come. Seven years after John Chilcot started to take evidence in a British inquiry into the Iraq War and 12 years after the previous inquiry into the war, many anti-war protesters could be forgiven for being sceptical about what the report would say.
First impressions, announced over microphones and megaphones while being read from mobile phones, were met with a militant response. There was a sense of vindication for those of us who opposed the war from the outset and has renewed our determination.
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