The far right thrives on division, but denying racism within the left only strengthens it. As we mobilise for the All Together March, real solidarity demands honesty about our own failures, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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Sleepwalking into a third world war
Anti-imperialist organisation Liberation conducts a Q&A with German MP SEVIM DAGDELEN on the attitudes of the ‘war-drunk’ main German political parties, Nato policy-makers’ detachment from reality and the prospect of bringing about a common platform for de-escalation
SOUNDING THE ALARM: Sevim Dagdelen
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TOM GALLAHUE argues that asking what role Irish diaspora educators can play in shaping Irish unity is to ask a deeper question about democracy itself
Hundreds in Berlin gathered on January 15 to honour the US-born socialist who made East Germany his home. Florentine Morales Sandoval reports
A survey circulated by a far-right-linked student group has sparked outrage, with educators, historians and veterans warning that profiling teachers for their political views echoes fascist-era practices. FEDERICA ADRIANI reports
In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY
Dockers from Italy, Greece and beyond will stage co-ordinated port blockades on February 6, declaring ‘we don’t work for war’ – in a call in solidarity with Palestine. ALFIO BERNABEI reports
LIBERATION: There are reports that Ukraine has struck Russia with US-made long-range missiles for the first time. This came after the outgoing Biden administration lifted its restrictions on Kiev’s use of ATACMS missiles on Sunday, having previously refused to do so. What do you make of this latest US-led escalation of the war in Ukraine? How serious is it?
SEVIM DAGDELEN: The outgoing Biden administration is risking World War III in Ukraine. Together with Keir Starmer, who trails after the defeated US president like a poodle, they are both prepared to risk everything in the doomed Ukraine proxy war. Joe Biden and Keir Starmer are irresponsible warmongers who are putting the security of the population at risk so as to avert defeat at all costs.
Britain has announced it is also considering providing Ukraine with similar long-range armaments. Will Germany’s current beleaguered coalition government likely do the same and relent from its current position, through the provision of Taurus long-range missiles to Kiev?
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