The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Beyond the shouting: building lasting solidarity against the far right
Pushing back fascists requires more than weekend protests, argues MATT KERR, as he recounts lessons from a year-long campaign to defend refugees in Erskine and calls for sustained community engagement
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
LIKE hundreds of others, I found myself standing in Glasgow’s George Square last weekend for a rally against racism.
Loitering at the back, we struggled to hear or even see the speakers for much of the time, but soon heard a voice from behind on a loudhailer.
“I’m Alastair McConnachie …” he said, walking towards the rally with his grinning chum, holding aloft a placard reading “asylum frauds out.”
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