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Let the left embrace a world in mutiny
The Marxist politician who led the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB) during its unprecedented rise from 2008 to 2021, PETER MERTENS, speaks to Ben Chacko about how the European left can regain its vision and its base in the working class
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
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The word “mutiny” comes from a quote by Fiona Hill, a former staff member of the US National Security Council. For Hill, the fact that 127 countries did not support the sanctions against Russia was nothing less than a “mutiny.” That resonated with me.
I found that very symbolic because for the first time, more than a third of the world’s countries said that what is said in Washington is no longer law. If that’s mutiny, let’s embrace it, as a sobriquet, with a bit of a rebellious character.
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