The annual commemoration of anti-fascist volunteers who fought fascism in Spain now includes a key contribution from Italian comrades
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The battle for Europe’s past and future
The EU's bid to draw an equivalence between communism and fascism isn't just a distortion of history – it's part of a drive towards war, writes JONATHAN WHITE
A couple look at The Motherland Calls, a monument to the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad that turned the tide against the nazis in World War II. The EU now seeks to blame the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany equally for the war
The Islamic Republic’s suddenly weakened regional position exposes the nation to grave threats from US imperialism
DONG XUE explains why US tariffs hold no significant threat to China
ANSELM ELDERGILL asks whether artificial intelligence may decide legal cases in the future, in place of human judges, and how AI could reshape the legal landscape
Like pieces on a chess board, centrist parties lose ground as they accommodate rather than challenge far-right agendas — socialists must play things better, warns MATT KERR
Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn laid out a roadmap for peace, justice and equality as they celebrated the legacy of inspirational socialist Tony Benn, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
WHILE Labour Party members were gearing up for their conference this year, they were probably unaware that their representatives in the European Parliament were quietly participating in an extraordinary exercise in the falsification of history.
On September 18, the Parliament voted by 535 votes to 66 to support a resolution with the seemingly innocuous title, “On the Importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe.”
The resolution was supported by the Socialist group (S&D). All of Labour’s MEPs voted for the motion, with the exception of one, who did not vote. Only the European United Left/Nordic Green Left voted against it as a bloc.
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