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The question is not simply how much we spend on defence, but what we understand defence and security to mean, says SIMON BRIGNELL
A commitment to peace and a rejection of militarism
The White Poppy is a challenge to government-backed remembrance, writes SYMON HILL
Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD
MARK SEDDON tries to cool off in the countryside to avoid the heatwaves but the greed and incompetence of the privatised water industry is now at boiling point
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
by Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United Kingdom
DR STEPHEN WILKINSON assesses the life and legacy of a revolutionary giant
ON Remembrance Sunday, Theresa May will lay a wreath at the cenotaph in memory of people killed in war.
This is the same Prime Minister who is happily selling weapons to Saudi Arabia for use against civilians in Yemen.
May’s government is arming despots around the world and ploughing billions into military spending. The Tories’ savage cuts to the welfare state constitute mass violence against the British working class.
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