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DISHONOUR AND HONOUR: (L to R) A US Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star drops napalm bombs in Korea, May 1952; Emrys Hughes (son-in-law of Keir Hardie and Labour MP for South Ayrshire in Scotland from 1946 to 1969) called for Britain to withdraw from the war
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The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
WE ARE often reminded in the mainstream world that Britain has had “a special relationship” with the US since WWII. We are less frequently reminded that over the same period the US and Britain have shared a special relationship with aggressive war.
During their wretched alliance, the US, much more powerful economically and militarily than Britain, has mostly been the primary aggressor, with Britain in close support.
The first huge example since 1945 of a US-driven war was that in Korea, begun in late June 1950 and ending with an armistice — but not a final peace settlement — on July 27 1953.
BEN CHACKO welcomes a masterful analysis that puts class struggle back at the heart of our understanding of China’s revolution
STEPHEN BELL reports from a delegation that traced the steps of China’s socialist revolution from its first modest meetings to the Red Army’s epic 9,000km battle to create the modern nation that today defies every capitalist assumption
In a speech to the 12th Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, SEVIM DAGDELEN warns of a growing historical revisionism to whitewash Germany and Japan’s role in WWII as part of a return to a cold war strategy from the West — but multipolarity will win out
As we mark the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, JOHN WIGHT reflects on the enormity of the US decision to drop the atom bombs