VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
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Mass militant opposition plus divisions within the ruling class over Brexit strategy could yet destabilise Johnson’s regime before the end of its five-year term, argues ROB GRIFFITHS
UNIFY STRUGGLES: NHS nurses and doctors London, during a ‘Hands off our NHS’ protest against Donald Trump, who was in town for a Nato summit
Trump’s ‘Peace Council’ is not a peace project, but a war and colonial council that renews Western colonialism, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
The US attack on Venezuela raises grave threats to Cuba and the region, writes NATASHA HICKMAN of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Trump’s vision of ‘might is right’ signals the collapse of the postwar order — and a warning of who may be next, warns BOB ORAM
ROGER McKENZIE pays tribute to a communist, internationalist and organiser, who endures, 50 years after his death, not just as a towering artist but as a master teacher of struggle
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY reflects on 2025, tracing how war, imperialism, shrinking democratic spaces and neoliberal restructuring shaped global and Indian politics – pointing towards the urgent task of building a more democratic and just future
IF THE recent declarations of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price are anything to go by, it is tempting to exclaim: “We’re all Lexiteers now!”
Before and during his meeting with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on January 8, Johnson insisted that a post-Brexit trade deal must allow Britain’s rights to rescue failing industries with state aid; favour British business with public-sector procurement contracts; control UK fishing grounds; conduct an independent immigration policy, and exclude Britain from EU Court of Justice jurisdiction.
Chancellor Sajid Javid and the Prime Minister have also made clear their opposition to any substantial alignment with EU Single Market rules after this year’s transition period.
Von der Leyen and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier have both claimed that all this will make the conclusion of a deal on future UK-EU relations all but impossible by Johnson’s end-of-year deadline.
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