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Opinion / 1 April 2025
The tragedy of Syria: ‘multipolarity’ fails to substitute for anti-imperialism
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Confetti and flowers are dropped from a military helicopter onto a crowd during a celebration marking the 10th anniversary of the victory of rebel forces over Bashar al-Assad's army in Idlib, Syria, March 28, 2025
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Visitors speak with Kunihiko Iida, an atomic bomb survivor (Hibakusha) and volunteer tour guide for the iconic exhibition hall best known as the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
Features / 6 August 2025
Hiroshima 80 years on
6 August 2025

JEREMY CORBYN reports from Hiroshima where he represented CND at the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the city by the US

Features / 6 August 2025
No more Hiroshimas - stop the nuclear war drive
6 August 2025

SOPHIE BOLT makes an urgent case for comprehensive nuclear disarmament

Features / 6 August 2025
'To dispel the suspicion and doubt that create conflicts'
6 August 2025

Today Coventry’s Hiroshima Day Remembrance marks 80 years since the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945. Statement from Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee of Peace and Reconciliation

Workers' Rights / 5 August 2025
‘Now with the union, we have a voice’
5 August 2025

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionised in a historic victory for labour, says RIO YAMAT

Gaza Genocide / 4 August 2025
Proscribe genocide, not protest
4 August 2025

Letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper – to be delivered by a delegation of Jews to Downing Street today

Workers' Rights / 5 August 2025
The left’s war on working-class humour silences resistance
5 August 2025

Laughter has always been how workers cope and fight back, but university-educated union reps now scold members for calling bosses ‘money-grabbing bastards’ and label everyday humour ‘problematic’ — this needs to be stopped, writes MARK JONES  

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IT IS cruelly fitting that one of the acknowledged cradles of civilisation is now a showroom for the cruelties, irrationalities, and injustices of the modern capitalist world.

At various times, Syria was part of the lands that were widely admired for their enlightened governance, tolerance, and economic development.

Today, Syria is a wasteland, divided into parcels, and occupied by alien forces that show no regard for the country’s legacy or the unity and wellbeing of its people.

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