Paul Mason

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In the progressive half of British politics we need a plan to put our stamp on the Brexit result – and fast.

We must prevent the Conservative right using the Brexit negotiations to reshape Britain into a rule-free space for corporations; we need to take control of the process whereby the rights of the citizen are redefined against those of a newly sovereign state.

Above all we need to provide certainty and solidarity to the millions of EU migrants who feel like the Brits threw them under a bus this week.

In short, we can and must fight to place social justice and democracy at the heart of the Brexit negotiations.…  Seguir leyendo »

The photojournalist Martin Adler, who was murdered in Mogadishu in 2006: ‘It was the absurd human ­situations, the disarmed honesty of the combatants and pointlessness of conflict that he was there to record, not the mutilated faces.’ Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

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Nearly four months on from the Gaza conflict, the image I remember most is this: we are in the crowded triage room at Al-Shifa hospital, whose tiles are echoing with wails and screams. A group of men is staring at a pile of curtains, blankets and towels on the floor. Then somebody uncovers what’s beneath.

If you watched TV reports that night you would have seen the blurred bodies of six children. My cameraman took a shot of blood being mopped off the floor to signify what we could not show.

But on Twitter they don’t blur things out. If you follow the Syrian conflict, you will see horrific pictures of dead children and their grieving relatives several times a week.…  Seguir leyendo »