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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The labour movement must oppose the government's war policy
CHRIS NINEHAM of the Stop the War Coalition argues that escalating the Ukraine war is a recipe for disaster — and we are already paying the price
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
RUSSIA has launched a series of rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities in the last week, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians.
This is further evidence of the brutality of the war they are conducting. Vital civilian infrastructure has also been hit. The Russian army has also launched new offensives in the Donetsk.
These attacks are Vladimir Putin’s response to serious setbacks in the last month including the loss key city of Lyman in the Donbass and the humiliating attack on the vital Kerch Bridge, key communication between Crimea and Ukraine.
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CHRIS NINEHAM slams the deepening and dangerous Western hypocrisy in backing Israeli attacks while condemning any kind of resistance or retaliation, warning of a potential global conflict if we don’t take action immediately
As Israel targets Hamas and Hezbollah leaders beyond Gaza in a campaign of deliberate provocation, CHRIS NINEHAM calls for a global protest movement against Israel's Western sponsors to prevent a wider war
Stop the War Coalition's CHRIS NINEHAM explains why a resolution before Congress this year risks committing the labour movement to a policy of escalating the war in Europe
We should be under no illusions – the massive expansion of Nato in eastern Europe since the cold war is of direct relevance to today’s brutal conflict, argues CHRIS NINEHAM, of Stop the War
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