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Hundreds of Great Return March protesters have been killed and thousands maimed or injured – which is why we must show them that they are not forgotten by hitting the streets this weekend, says BEN JAMAL
In the fifth and final part of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG explains how the Communist Party of China’s approach demonstrates how Marxism, rooted in concrete conditions and mass participation, can shape history
In times of genocide, art is not a refuge from politics but a weapon against injustice, says ROGER McKENZIE, highlighting three of his own favourite political truth-tellers
As members elect their first leadership, a deeper battle is unfolding over what democracy should mean in practice, says CASSI BELLINGHAM
The language of humiliation is a step towards a second civil war, argues RAMZY BAROUD
ANDREW MURRAY says switching the prime minister on and off again is no substitute for new political approach we need
LAST week, as Israel launched bombing attacks on Gaza that would result in the deaths of 25 Palestinians, including a pregnant mother and a 14-month-old baby, the majority of Britain’s media described Israel’s actions as a response to rocket attacks or framed the events as a “resumption of hostilities.”
The round of rocket attacks from Gaza began after Israel killed two Palestinians on the Friday during the Great Return March protests, adding to the more than 200 killed since these weekly protests began in March 2018, alongside nearly 30,000 injured and maimed.
These killings have only received mainstream media coverage on days when large numbers of Palestinians have been killed or on the few occasions when Palestinian violence has harmed Israelis.
We are told that, now the ceasefire has been announced, life will return to normal and calm will be restored.
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