PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
“A LIE can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Mark Twain.
The fourth estate has not exactly covered itself in glory of late, which is pretty much par for the course. But even by its own legendarily barrel-scraping standards it has outdone itself in the last few weeks in the craven toadying stakes.
First up there was coverage of the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 with the loss of almost 300 lives. The wreckage had hardly cooled when the propaganda machine kicked into gear and the finger of blame started being pointed.
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