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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We must resist the Tory racist offensive – with unions at the heart of the fight
SABBY DHALU of Stand Up to Racism warns that as the impact of current crises deepens, the government will increasingly use racism to distract, scapegoat and divide the working class
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
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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
AS trade unionists prepare to come together for this weekend’s national anti-racism conference, the government’s racist offensive means the stakes for anti-racists are higher than ever. And the far-right haven’t gone away.
Last weekend, “Tommy Robinson” and hundreds of his far-right and fascist supporters descended on Telford, Shropshire, to sow division and peddle their hatred, racism and Islamophobia.
Hundreds of anti-racists, anti-fascists, trade unionists, socialists and communists came together to oppose them.
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