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PEACE activists broke into an RAF base yesterday in protest against the use of British military drones in Iraq.
The four protesters from End the Drone Wars, including a 64-year-old woman, were arrested on the scene on suspicion of aggravated trespass.
Activists said they hoped to create a “new year gateway for peace” and highlight the issues of military use of drones through direct action.
MARK HAZELDEN criticises the Western narrative that the incident was an escalation of Russia’s confrontation with the West, given that Belarus, a Russian ally, warned Poland of off-course drones, and the drones were unarmed, cheap wooden decoys
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare