Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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Disabled people should not pay for Trump’s war drive
In advance of the Socialism or Barbarism day school on March 29, Arise Festival’s SAM BROWSE writes on why we must oppose the cuts to welfare and the drive to war
ALWAYS MONEY FOR WARFARE, NEVER FOR WELFARE: US President Donald Trump who expects Europe to dance to his tune
The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
Faced with crises in every direction, Volodymr Zelensky is rewriting his country’s complex history by paying homage to the founding fathers of Ukrainian ultra-nationalism and courting their modern heirs, writes KENNY COYLE
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
LAST WEEK saw two linked developments in global and British politics.
On the one hand, the Israeli government formalised an end to the ceasefire in Gaza, which it had been breaking regularly since it was called two months ago. The shelling yesterday saw the deaths of over 400 more Gazans — adding to the official count of nearly 47,000 lives already extinguished in the genocide.
On the other, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall announced £5 billion cuts to the welfare bill for disabled people — achieved in part by raising the bar on who can claim. We should be totally clear on the brutality of these cuts.
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