Signs point to world war: what next?
The rising price of gold is a good indicator that, despite the protestations of Western leaders, we are heading towards a bigger, wider war. Closing our eyes and focusing on domestic issues is not an option, warns ANDREW MURRAY
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
HAS the third world war already started? The leaders of the imperialist powers are frenziedly denying it, while apparently already waging war on several fronts.
Even as they bomb Yemen, shield Israel from the consequences of its aggressions and struggle to keep the war in Ukraine bubbling along, their main slogan is “no escalation,” like robbers shouting “Stop thief.”
Just as the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1932 and the Spanish civil war from 1936 marked the real onset of the second world war, conventionally dated only from September 1939, history may record that the third great conflagration is already underway.
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