From Chartists and Suffragettes to Irish republicans and today’s Palestine activists, the treatment of hunger strikers exposes a consistent pattern in how the British state represses those it deems political prisoners, says KEITH FLETT
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The coming year will likely see Trump return to the White House and a ‘centrist’ Labour return to Parliament – we need to be organised to deal with both, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
In the aftermath of the illegal US operation against Venezuela, a deliberate misinformation campaign has been waged to sow doubt about the survival of the country’s revolution, warns MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS
A statement from the Parti Communiste Francais
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines our laws concerning the treatment of animals and their rights
THE Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
In a stark warning of things to come JOHN ELLISON invokes the ideological splitting of hairs that weakened any and all opposition to the unravelling WWI when 22 million of mostly Europeans lost their lives and 23 million were maimed
IF 2023 was a year to remember, it was largely for the wrong reasons. This is especially true for the Palestinian people or for anyone who favours peace over war, or human development over massacres.
But if we are looking for some grounds for optimism, it seems very likely that the assault on Gaza will end in 2024. If that is not the case then, through a combination of bombardment, starvation and disease, there will be almost nothing left of the Palestinian people.
All those political leaders and parties, mainly in the Nato countries, who oppose a ceasefire now will bear their share of responsibility for this. Of course, there have been forced expulsions and genocides before, unfortunately including many on a much larger scale than Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians now. The Nakba itself was on a much greater scale.
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