The new issue of Liberator is out.

Liberator 428 is out and can be downloaded for free here:

In Liberator 428 we have Commentary, news in Radical Bulletin, Letters, Lord Bonkers’ Diary and:

TRUMP DRIVES US BACK TO EUROPE.

America’s pivot away from Europe got noisier under Trump but is a long term policy change. Time for a European Defence Union, says Nick Harvey

GIVING UP ON SOFT POWER

Deliberately cruel actions by the Trump administration mean the end of international development aid and the influence of its former donors in developing countries, says Rebecca Tinsley

THE CRUEL CONMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Martha Elliott explains Donald Trump’s assault on America’s constitution and separation of powers

IT WON’T WORK THIS TIME EITHER

Labour is set to follow a series of failed planing reforms that will erode local democracy, weaken nature protection, and fail to deliver sufficient homes, says Bridget Fox

SPEAKING OF FREEDOM

Jonathan Calder delves into a new book on radical Liberalism in an age of crisis

WOULD PADDY DO THIS?

The ‘Yorkists’ who annoyed Ed Davey with a Guardian letter on party strategy in 2023 are back, invoking the spirit of Paddy Ashdown to inspire the party’s choice of message at the next general election.

SNAKES AND LADDERS

Benefit rules are too complex to encourage claimants back into work, says William Tranby

WAR ON SQUALOR

Starmer is shirking his responsibility to the disadvantaged, time for Liberal Democrats to act says Louis Kent

OBSERVING AS SOMALILAND VOTES.

Michael Grange reports on his experience in the unrecognised democracy that has broken away from Somalia

OBITUARIES

Adrian Slade and Sue Williams

REVIEWS

Where The World Moves, Chronicles Of Migration (by Dinesh Dhamija)

Righting Wrongs – Three decades on the front lines battling abusive governments (by Kenneth Roth)

Dragon’s Teeth – Tales from North Kosovo (by Ian Bancroft)

Bold as Brass? (by Suzanne Fletcher)

The World to Come (by Robert Macfarlane & Johnny Flynn)

Time Runs Like A River (by Emma Carlisle)