PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
THERE are some universal truisms which appear to pertain wherever you may happen to be in the world. Sadly.
Politicians lie through their teeth, the rich will always do their damnedest to stay that way at the expense of others and “police contact” often proves fatal if you’re a young black man.
Events in Ferguson, Missouri, in recent days after cops gunned down unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown as he held his hands up in surrender have graphically borne this out.
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