Eighty-one years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the threat of far-right extremism is resurging – the lessons of history demand unity, organisation and resistance, argues SABBY DHALU
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Abuse and impunity in the British armed forces: a soldier’s story
As a victim of violent abuse in the army, I know all too well how long the effects last. We need to start facing the problem honestly, openly and fearlessly, writes GARETH FESSEY
On Holocaust Memorial Day STEVE SILVER warns that the ‘double genocide’ theory and modern ‘revisionism’ are not just historical errors, but calculated tools for rehabilitating fascist ideology
On May 16 1944, Romani families in Auschwitz-Birkenau armed themselves with stones, tools, and sheer collective will, forcing the SS to retreat – leaving a legacy of defiance that speaks directly to the fascisms of today, says VICTORIA HOLMES
As liberal commentators puzzle over the Prime Minister’s record-breaking unpopularity, the reasons remain glaringly obvious to everyone else, says IAN SINCLAIR
From the radical promise of early land reform to today’s cautious Community Wealth Building Bill, Scotland’s Parliament has lost sight of its founding ambition to shift power and ownership, writes RICHARD LEONARD MSP
Journalists and opposition politicians have described the decision to remove TeleSur from national TV programming as censorship against alternative and critical journalism, reports PABLO MERIGUET
THERE is an underbelly of sexual abuse in this society. It happens in schools, coaching environments, the church — you name it. The armed forces, too, are a playground for sadistic abusers.
Two-thirds of women in the army have experienced bullying, harassment or sexual abuse during their time in the forces, and 10 per cent of female child recruits are now sexually assaulted by their colleagues. According to anecdotal evidence, those proportions are similar for boys.
It’s the dirty little secret that everybody in those institutions knows about. Of course, they don’t want to admit it, so lawsuits take place behind the scenes, compensation deals are made, and the public never hears about it.
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