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Who is behind the Sri Lanka bombings?
Although the government has already blamed Islamist extremists for the wave of deadly bombings, something does not add up, writes PHIL MILLER
Relatives of a blast victim grieve outside a morgue in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday
Engels’ call for a structured, systematic, critique of capitalism and for a strategy for securing something better remains as relevant today as it did a century and a half ago, declares the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
THE horrific wave of bombings that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday is a watershed moment in the island’s troubled history.
Hundreds have died and many of the victims are still unidentified.
There is also a race to understand who was behind the slaughter — and how they were able to carry it out.
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