Gavin Williamson
DEFENCE Secretary Gavin Williamson was accused of “sabre rattling” at China and Venezuela today after threatening to open military bases near their shores.
He revealed the plans in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, provoking anger among anti-war activists.
Veterans for Peace UK national co-ordinator Phillip Clarke told the Star: “We should be building peace and not military bases overseas,” while Peace Pledge Union spokesman Symon Hill described the proposals as a “dangerous fantasy.”
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
