The Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, has announced further changes to her Cabinet team. The new-look Cabinet sees experienced lead member Sarah Ruiz add the education portfolio to her existing role as Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, while Carleene Lee-Phakoe joins the top team for the first […]
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The psychology of power in the US elections
After the US election, we are waiting for the transfer of power. But Trump doesn’t seem willing to concede. Instead he is seeking spurious grounds for legal challenges to the vote. Steve Latham This seems typical of his emotional immaturity, what his niece, a psychotherapist, terms his ‘narcissistic […]
A classic tale of life in the city
When Cyprian Ekwensi’s “People of the city” was first published in the 1950s, it was the second Nigerian novel to be published in Britain, predating Chinua Achebe’s hugely influential “Things fall apart”. Sean Sheehan Reading it now, republished nearly seventy years after it was written, serves to confirm […]
Ties of solidarity between Bolivia and Cuba
One of the objectives of the de facto regime in Bolivia (one that was buried by the people in previous elections), was to foster suspicion and distrust between the South American country and Cuba through media campaigns and political pressure. Manuel Robles Sosa This aim was not achieved, […]
In Chile people are coming together to avoid dictatorship
Political parties seem to have forgotten the Constituent Convention that will outline the new institutional structure in Chile. Manuel Cabieses Donoso There is a large number of candidates aspiring to be regional governors, mayors, councillors, regional councillors, members of parliament, and even president of the Republic. The 29 […]
















