Speakers in Berlin traced how Germany’s rearmament, US-led violence abroad and the repression of solidarity at home are converging in a dangerous drive toward war. BEN CHACKO reports
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Via the anti-lockdown protests, reactionary conspiracy-theory politics backed by big money have broken through to a fervent working-class audience, warns JOE GILL
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ALEX GORDON outlines the real battle for workers in Britain and Europe, to break the state capture by arms firms and the new finance-technology capitalists
As Holyrood sets the Budget, the gulf between rich and poor is wider than ever. PETER OLECH of Unite Community Scotland argues that only by taxing extreme wealth can we properly fund public services and deliver justice for working-class communities
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has little to do with self-determination and far more to do with strategy, offering Israel a potential military foothold near Yemen, says JE ROSENBERG
Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran
MY FRIEND said the “unite for freedom” march on Saturday April 24 was the best he had ever been on. He loved the camaraderie and the absence of fear, which has beset us as a country during the pandemic.
“Stand up, take your freedom back!” chanted the unmasked would-be liberation movement of thousands in London. The crowd was diverse, my friend insisted — young and old, people from all over Britain. On social media I saw Union Jacks, England flags.
One man had a T-shirt with the words “hugging heals” written on the back. “It was great, positive vibes throughout, it was wonderful to see so many people uniting in the interests of true rights and freedoms,” said Youtuber and “conscious music” DJ Mark Devlin in a video published on Sunday. He compared the march organisation to how acid raves were organised in the late ’80s, with no central co-ordination.
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