Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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Ukraine: US and Nato play with fire in their latest anti-Russia campaign
Talk of Russian ‘aggression’ against Ukraine is designed to spread fear and bring the nation closer to Nato — let’s hope it doesn’t go any further, says JOHN WOJCIK
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
MAJOR MEDIA, led by the New York Times and MSNBC, are stepping up a campaign that could result in military action by Nato and the US against Russia. They apparently want to add an anti-Russia campaign to their ongoing attacks on China.
If these corporate press outlets are to be believed, Russia’s “massing of troops” inside its own territory near the Ukrainian border is proof of danger. They say nothing about the fact that US troops, under the guise of Nato, are actually inside Ukraine training the right-wing military there for a fight with Russia.
The Times on Monday said that Ukrainians “ousted” a Russia-friendly president in 2014 and that they are “increasingly in favour” of “binding their country” to Western institutions.
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