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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Can the German peace movement unite to avert disaster?
Although Chancellor Scholz has ruled out sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine, the atmosphere in Germany is one of mounting ‘war readiness,’ while the left remains worryingly divided, warns VICTOR GROSSMAN
DOWNWARD SKID: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) reviews a guard of honour with French President Emmanuel Macron and Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in Berlin, Germany, March 15 2024, and (below right) German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius
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
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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
IN BUNDESTAG debates recently a key word was Taurus, Latin for “bull.” But they weren’t arguing about Zodiac astrology or the myth about the god Jupiter taking on the shape of a bull to abduct a princess.
The name of that princess was Europa, and the continent bearing her name was indeed involved in the debate over steel-covered missiles called Taurus, weighing 1,000lbs, 17 feet long, which, if fired from well inside Ukraine can reach and pierce the walls of the Kremlin.
Volodymyr Zelensky wants them. Should his wishes be fulfilled?
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