Indigenous Peruvians are increasingly standing up for their rights, reports Hugh O’Shaughnessy
Archive for July, 2009
Watchwords: quality and equality
By Tribune Web Editor /Sunday, July 12th, 2009Labour can be proud of its record in office and still offers the best way forward for Britain, Harriet Harman tells Cary Gee
John Street’s Diary July 10
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, July 11th, 2009Never mind al-Qaida. Latest reports from within Scotland Yard reveal fears of a “spectacular” terrorist attack from the far right, aimed at Muslims and Jews in Britain. A special unit is being geared up to focus on a suspected network of extremists thought to have access to 300 weapons and 80 “bombs”. At least 32 [...]
John Coulter: March or die? Orange disorder, depletion and decay
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, July 11th, 2009Spare a thought and possibly a prayer, too, for the rapidly dwindling ranks of the Orange Order as they chalk up yet another commemoration of King Billy’s troops – including a substantial Roman Catholic contingent – winning the Battle of the Boyne for Protestantism in 1690.
Ken Livingstone: Only the currect cuts will be truly cutting edge
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, July 11th, 2009The clamour to make low and middle-income earners pay for the economic crisis is growing. Hardly a day goes by without pressure to cut spending on social services, freeze public sector pay, tear up existing pay agreements or ignore recommendations of professional pay review bodies.
Paul Anderson: Crucial Norwich North verdict will see some hopes go west
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, July 11th, 2009“Hi”, said the American woman on the other end of the phone. “Are you Mr Anderson?” “Yes,” I said, expecting an offer of car insurance or the threat of a writ.
Let’s get proficient in boosting skills for all our people
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, July 11th, 2009Those in areas devastated by de-industrialisation need particular help, writes Dave Anderson
Ian Aitken: Daily Mail’s idea of justice is fairer than Jack Straw’s
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, July 11th, 2009It will come as no surprise to regular readers of Tribune that I do not like the Daily Mail. I was brought up on the view that it had been the paper of Sir Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts. Michael Foot, my old mentor, has always called it “the Forgers’ Gazette” because of its involvement in the Zinoviev letter scandal.
Barroso the political football
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, July 11th, 2009The jockeying for position in the new European Parliament means testing times lie ahead, says David Charter
Chávez takes control of third largest bank
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, July 11th, 2009President Hugo Chávez has nationalised the Banco de Venezuela, the country’s third largest bank, in a move which will allow the government to assert greater state control of the economy.