Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
Iranian missile strikes are a dangerous development
We need to halt the spread of war across the Middle East, and that means calling for an end to bombing attacks by the West and now the Iranian regime too, writes Codir
Emergency services clear the rubble of the house of Peshraw Dizayi that was hit in Iranian missile strikes in Erbil, Iraq, January 16, 2024
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could be toppled
The late country singer’s Imagination Library has put hundreds of millions of books into children’s hands. We should build on that legacy by defending the libraries at the heart of our communities, says BRENDA AITCHISON
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
MML director MEIRIAN JUMP outlines the recently refreshed library’s busy autumn schedule that ranges from book sales, archival exploration, community work with online education and the ever popular site tours
TONY BURKE surveys the shifting political landscape and the challenges Labour needs to address if it is to prevail in the 2028 federal elections
The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) has called for the international community to intervene to prevent the further escalation of conflicts in the Middle East, which has seen the continued bombardment of several facilities in Yemen by the US and Britain, firing of ballistic missiles by Iran’s IRGC at Israeli “espionage centres” in Erbil in north Iraq and hitting “Isis” targets in Syria, and finally exchange of missile fire between Iran and Pakistan in the past week.
These escalations have been followed, over the last day, with Israeli strikes in both Syria and Lebanon resulting in the deaths of four IRGC personnel — two of whom are believed to have been high-ranking — and two members of Hezbollah respectively.
Israeli genocide in Gaza is showing no sign of slowing down, while threats from the US and British governments against Iran continue. These are in response to missile and drone attacks against oil tankers and cargo ships on the Red Sea by Yemeni Houthi forces. As a result, hardliners inside the Iranian dictatorship are putting pressure upon the regime to act to flex its military muscle in the region.
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