The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Roy Jones: a narrow escape from the army
In the second of four extracts from his new memoir, the Morning Star’s legendary former industrial reporter looks back at his life in the Royal Air Force in 1948
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
NATIONAL SERVICE was for “healthy” males aged 17 to 21 years old who were expected to serve for 18 months under the National Service Act 1948. This was extended later to two years.
In February of 1948, I received my papers and underwent a medical. I passed what seemed like a simple test for what I imagined to be such a serious responsibility.
Then I tore open a finger thus delaying my call-up to August. My mam said she had never seen me move so fast before I took a train to Padgate, Warrington where I became a raw RAF recruit.
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