LINDA PENTZ GUNTER reports from the one of 2,700 protests against the Trump government’s power grabs, on a day when seven million people defied fear-mongering in a outpouring of joy and hope in what might be the biggest protest in US history

WITHIN a few days of a new year and a new decade, Donald Trump sent the world a message that it certainly is not going to be peaceful.
His illegal and reckless acts threaten to plunge the Middle East into even worse wars than have been seen up to now. And yet again, politicians around the world – not least in Britain – are refusing to learn the lessons of past wars, and denigrate and abuse anyone who tells them differently.
The assassination of Qassem Soleimani last week has made the world a more dangerous place. That is the only conclusion one can draw from the further threats by Trump to attack Iran sites, including cultural ones, and now the retaliation by Iran with missile strikes on US bases.

Trump has changed his tune from the deal-making peace-bringer and is now gearing up to attack Iran. We must take to the streets to keep Britain out of this new madness and all of Israel and the US’s wars, writes LINDSEY GERMAN

