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THE British ruling class and its state power have never been greatly concerned about the sanctity of human life, except when it suits their purposes.
This is true not only when it comes to foreigners, whether killing them in huge numbers or watching them die from preventable hunger and disease.
It is also the brutal reality here at home, where thousands of mainly elderly people freeze to death every winter and dozens of sick or unemployed claimants commit suicide when they find their benefits unjustly withdrawn.
Western nations’ increasingly aggressive stance is not prompted by any increase in security threats against these countries — rather, it is caused by a desire to bring about regime changes against governments that pose a threat to the hegemony of imperialism, writes PRABHAT PATNAIK
In Washington, the willingness to accept an open war with Russia is growing — at Europe’s expense. While Nato states are being drawn into confrontation, Europe risks becoming the battlefield of a potential world war, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES