As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
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It’s Trump versus the elephants
Trump’s Republican Party is represented by the elephant but the president seems to have forgotten it, says PETER FROST
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
SEVIM DAGDELEN argues that a legal framework exists for a closure of US and Nato military base in Ramstein
WE have all seen the horrendous photographs of rich US men, women and even children, automatic rifle in hand, kneeling next to, or even on top of some handsome wild creature, be it elephant, lion, rhino or some other exotic and threatened creature.
Social media is full of such pictures that start off as a boastful post from the hunter but more often, on my pages, turn up as a protest against this so-called ugly and ignorant sport.
When I heard that President Donald Trump has created a new advisory board to rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos, I thought, but only for a fleeting moment, it might be good news for the animals.
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