From training Israeli colonels during the slaughter to protecting Israel at the UN, senior British figures should fear Article 3 of the Genocide Convention that criminalises complicity in mass killing, writes IAN SINCLAIR
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The invasion of Ukraine: and still the stances emerge
NICK WRIGHT reviews the political arithmetic behind the positions taken by Europe's leading powers, along with some of its communist parties — including Russia's
Demonstrators demanding an embargo on Russian oil during a protest in front of the Europa building in Brussels on May 30th
General secretary of the YCL GEORGINA ANDREWS looks at the priorities of her organisation, from Palestine solidarity to trade unionism and fighting privatisation at a local level, ahead of its 52nd congress
LUKE FLETCHER fleshes out Plaid Cymru's plan for the revitalisation of Wales's economy
From hunting rare pamphlets at book sales to online panels and courses on trade unionism and class politics, the MML continues connecting archive treasures with the movements fighting for a better world, writes director MEIRIAN JUMP
‘Honest’ Tom Wharton’s 1682 drunken rampage through St Mary’s church haunted his political career, but his satirical song Lillibullero helped topple Catholic James II during the Glorious Revolution, writes MAT COWARD
President Maduro mobilises the 4.5 million-strong Bolivarian National Militia in response to US ‘threats’, vowing to defend the country’s sovereignty and independence, DEVIN B MARTINEZ reports
THE European Council met this week to consider sanctions against Russia. Germany, France and Italy, for the second time, anticipated the event with a private conclave to see how their common interests can be asserted against the Anglo-American alliance and its followers in eastern Europe.
Italian premier Mario Draghi, just returned from a transatlantic trip, and Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz from pow-wows with Vladimir Putin are determined, it seems, to find a workaround.
Italy is dependent on Russian energy and Draghi is dragged in two directions. He argues on one hand that it is essential Putin does not win this war, entreating: “We must maintain unity on sanctions. Italy agrees with the package, as long as there are no imbalances between member states.”
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