While slashing welfare and public services, Labour’s spring statement delivers a bonanza for death-dealing bomb merchants. We now see the true and terrible face of austerity 2.0, writes MICHAEL BURKE
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Communist Party of Ireland statement on Palestine and the international anti-imperial struggle
Detailing the deluge of delusion and dishonesty pushed by the pro-war camp, IAN SINCLAIR identifies four key tactics corporate journalists use to confuse audiences and suppress opposition to the proxy war in the east
From ‘moral duty’ to ‘military Keynesianism,’ Labour manipulates language to justify slashing welfare but pouring billions into warfare, condemning communities like Glasgow South West to deeper poverty, writes MATT KERR
With politicians dismissing constituents’ fears of global war, the peace movement must look beyond Parliament to prevent catastrophe, writes TOM MORRISON
The mass movement supporting Palestine represents potential political power that the left must now embrace as central to its strategy, writes HUGH LANNING, ahead of this Saturday’s Socialism or Barbarism day school in London
Health Secretary Wes Streeting taking £53k from Tory-linked recruiter and outsourcer Peter Hearn’s OPD Group is a great example of how Labour’s rich donors shape policies targeting the poor – not their wealth, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
MAT COWARD recalls the communist and pacifist aristocrat whose commitment made a difference in the Spanish civil war, the Blitz and WWII Europe
THE Communist Party of Ireland reaffirms our unwavering support for the steadfast people of Palestine as they confront the full force of US imperialism embodied in Donald Trump’s right-wing, ultra-nationalist administration.
West Asia has become the front line of the international anti-imperial struggle and there has been a seismic shift in the balance of forces in the region over the past 12 months. From the terrorist attacks against Lebanon to the regime change in Syria, there have been some gains for US imperialism through its proxy Israel, and the return of Trump to the White House will likely further isolate the Islamic Republic of Iran and embolden the zionist regime.
The recent ceasefire in Gaza has, as a minimum, stopped the horrific genocidal military assault of the US-backed zionist regime on a defenceless and confined population. The killing will not end with the ceasefire: the destruction left in its wake will lead to more deaths of innocent Palestinians from starvation, dehydration, exposure and disease. The death toll in Gaza has been revised upward to take account of over 14,000 people who are unaccounted for and presumed dead. The Gaza Health Ministry now reports the death toll as 61,709 people, at least 70 per cent of whom are children and women.
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