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A tireless voice for peace
To mark Jeremy Corbyn’s 40 years as an MP, LINDSEY GERMAN of Stop the War looks at his remarkable history of anti-war activism – and warns we need more such voices today
A VOICE TO BE RECKONED WITH: Jeremy Corbyn speaks to protesters outside the Houses of Parliament as the Bill on minimum service levels during strikes reaches its second reading, January 16 2023
In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER
Oil and gas prices are rising due to the illegal war against Iran, but new nuclear power plants will only make things worse as their costs also escalate, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
As women dominate public services yet face pay gaps, unsafe workloads and rising misogyny, this International Women’s Day and TUC Women’s Conference must be a rallying point, says ANDREA EGAN
As the government quietly begins reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moment should be seized to refound the corporation as a truly democratic, regionally rooted public service, writes PAUL W FLEMING
Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE
WHEN the attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11 happened we were told it was impossible to build an anti-war movement.
The horror at those events in 2001 meant that war was inevitable and that those speaking out against it would be totally marginal.
But when some of us involved in campaigning against war and globalisation decided to organise a meeting regardless, Jeremy Corbyn was one of the first people we phoned.
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