Speakers in Berlin traced how Germany’s rearmament, US-led violence abroad and the repression of solidarity at home are converging in a dangerous drive toward war. BEN CHACKO reports
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This is our 1940 and Johnson is our Chamberlain
The PM’s failure to take early, decisive action has left Britain exposed to the deadly virus. JOE GILL wonders whether this will lead to a wave of politicisation by those on the front line
Neville Chamberlain pictured boarding a plane bound for Munich to meet Hitler in 1938 and (left) Boris Johnson leaving Downing Street
Ahead of an important CND webinar, ULRIKE EIFLER argues that militarisation is not only draining social budgets — it is reshaping everyday life, preparing society for war and demanding a socialist response rooted in the labour movement
ALEX GORDON outlines the real battle for workers in Britain and Europe, to break the state capture by arms firms and the new finance-technology capitalists
As Holyrood sets the Budget, the gulf between rich and poor is wider than ever. PETER OLECH of Unite Community Scotland argues that only by taxing extreme wealth can we properly fund public services and deliver justice for working-class communities
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has little to do with self-determination and far more to do with strategy, offering Israel a potential military foothold near Yemen, says JE ROSENBERG
Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran
AT A time of global crisis, we look to history for lessons from earlier times, in the hope of seeing how we might come through our own troubles.
Covid-19 is our biggest crisis since World War II — and woeful leadership in Britain is a common feature of 1940 and 2020.
In the dark days of 1940-41, the ruling classes of Europe and the United States were split between liberal globalists and fascists.
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