Special report by PEOPLE’S WORLD
WITH the general election only days away, international solidarity is an area of policy which has not been high on the agenda of any of the major parties.
As an organisation committed to supporting those on struggle across the world, Liberation is calling for a just and equitable foreign policy on the part of the British government, whoever is in 10 Downing Street from July 5 onwards.
Such an approach would mean addressing the assumptions in a document called Global Britain in a Competitive Age, the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, published in March 2021, setting out the government’s vision for Britain’s role in the world over the next decade and actions that will be taken up to 2025.
While politicians fixate on defence budgets, the real answers lie in peace-building and economic justice, says ALAN SIMPSON
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues


