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Henry Hetherington and the Fiend Aristocracy
MAT COWARD introduces a remarkable radical publisher and his remarkable manifesto
LONG OVERDUE: (L to R) Portrait of Henry Hetherington, published in Reynold's political instructor, No13 February 2 1850; Poor Man's Guardian, a UK radical paper Saturday 13 August 1831 edition. Mottoes: 'Published in defiance of ‘law,’, to try the power of ‘might’ against ‘right".' 'Knowledge is power’
[(L to R) George WM Reynolds both Public domain]
Plans to delay access to the universal credit health element until age 22 have triggered fierce opposition from disabled people’s groups, who warn it would deepen poverty and entrench discrimination against young disabled people under the guise of ‘encouraging work.’ DYLAN MURPHY reports
(March 1928 – December 2025)
Saluting an internationalist and a courageous and uncompromising seeker of the truth
The US assault on Venezuela is brazen and unlawful – yet our PM claims uncertainty. By refusing to confront Trump’s naked imperialism, Starmer abandons international law, mortgages British policy to Washington, and clears the ground for war, argues ANDREW MURRAY
RAINER RUPP examines former CIA analyst Larry Johnson’s description of the US operation to kidnap Nicolas Maduro as a tactically successful but strategically disastrous move, with shades of Bush’s disastrous intervention in Iraq
When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Western outrage was absolute. Yet today, the tone is markedly more subdued regarding US aggression against Venezuela. The manner in which the media and politicians frame this invasion exposes a profound ideological double standard, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
HOW’S this for a manifesto?
Extirpation of the Fiend Aristocracy
Establishment of a Republic
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