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The hurdles facing the peace movement in Britain
Winning a public hearing for arguments against the war in Ukraine is difficult for a number of reasons – but the ground is starting to shift, and our energies must be directed towards halting the conflict as an urgent priority, says ANDREW MURRAY
Ukrainian soldiers during training at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 15, 2023

A RECENT article in this paper asked why there was no mass initiative to stop the war in Ukraine in Britain, comparable to the developing movement in Germany.

It is a reasonable question, to which there is a variety of partial answers.  

First, there is no element in the British bourgeoisie sympathetic, for trade or political grounds, to Russia as there is in Germany; nor is there an isolationist wing of the political establishment as there is in the United States.

Happy retirement to Pat Rafferty of Unite

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