JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
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Politicians and the union jack: a recent tradition
Historian KEITH FLETT charts how the flag-waving habit has ebbed and flowed over the years
Larry the Downing Street cat wears a union jack tie, but he probably did not choose it himsel
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
New workplace rights are welcome, but the survival of the trade union movement will be determined not in Westminster but in workplaces across the country, argues JOHN CARSON
Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
THE union flag has long been a symbol of the British empire, imperialism and so on.
However it has been mostly, at least in official terms, a ceremonial one — raised or lowered as Britain claimed or exited territory around the world, saluted on formal occasions, often royal ones.
In the last 50 years the flag has been used by fascists and the far right.
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