The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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Britain's child soldier disgrace
STEVEN WALKER details the mental health problems facing child recruits to the army
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
DAVID HORSLEY remembers communist seaman Bill Bailey, the ‘Kid from Hoboken,’ whose heroics in tearing down a swastika flag from a ship’s mast inspired early anti-fascist resistance
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
NEWS that the government is targeting vulnerable working-class children in social media campaigns to lure them into joining the British army is another sign of the desperate state of affairs at the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Last spring the MoD revealed that it was understrength by 4,000 personnel. With an increasingly poor image, the army has never been seen as a more unattractive career choice.
The adverse publicity over the culture of bullying and suicides at military training establishments, such as Deepcut, revealed a tiny, previously hidden glimpse of what many vulnerable young people may also be subjected to on a routine basis once they enter the service.
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