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Starmer's worrying turn towards warmongering
The anti-war movement that began in 2001 and organised some of the biggest marches in British history also played a significant role in Corbynism's appeal. Now all that progress is under threat from a 'pro-intervention' Labour leader, writes LINDSEY GERMAN
Keir Starmer in Parliament
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
IT IS a common myth that there is widespread public support for the wars and military interventions which have marked the history of the British empire and which are a continuing hallmark of imperialism.
Yet there has always been a strong current of anti-war opinion in Britain and it reached its height in the early part of this century when millions marched against the Iraq war and helped to create a massive crisis in Tony Blair’s government, the legacy of which still weighs like a nightmare on the present-day Labour Party.
The success of Jeremy Corbyn in winning Labour’s leadership in 2015 is attributed in part to the continued opposition to that war among many in the trade union and labour movement and the sense that there had to be a reckoning about Blair’s wars.
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