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El holocausto democrático: su moral y la nuestra
Como un cadáver en descomposición exhumado de su tumba, el horror de la guerra - con sus enigmas éticos aparentemente intratables - ha...
Nov 3, 202336 min read
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Palestina: la solución final
La campaña de bombardeos genocidas del Estado israelà contra el pueblo palestino en Gaza es la última entrega de un esfuerzo de casi 80...
Oct 26, 202318 min read
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Palestine: The Final Solution
The Israeli state’s genocidal bombing campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza is the latest instalment of a nearly 80-year-old...
Oct 23, 202317 min read
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The Democratic Holocaust: Their Morals and Ours
Like a rotting corpse exhumed from its grave, the horror of war - with its seemingly insoluble ethical conundrums - has once again risen...
Aug 16, 202334 min read
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Freedom Now: Towards A New Revolution in Ireland
Eight hundred years and counting, but still there appears to be no end in sight to British rule in Ireland. After a further quarter...
Jun 6, 202331 min read
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France in Revolt
“In ordinary times the state, be it monarchical or democratic, elevates itself above the nation, and history is made by specialists in...
Apr 2, 202316 min read
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Global Women's Struggle: A Visual Chronicle of M8
The following is a photographic and video record of the worldwide mobilisation of women fighting for their rights on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 2023. The photos are from actions that occurred on the day itself when women sometimes came out on strike and, in the case of Turkey, directly defied the authorities' ban on the march. The demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan was tiny, but the fact that it took place at all was testimony to the immense bravery and dete
Mar 11, 20232 min read
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Claps Don't Pay the Bills: Nurses fight back
December 2022 through to January 2023 will go down in history as an unprecedented winter of discontent in the UK. Following closely on...
Jan 22, 20235 min read
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Land, Labour & the Irish Revolution: 1913-23
[Part 2 of a 3-part series] " The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit of revolution. There is a deep sense not only of discontent...
Jan 7, 202338 min read
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Taiwan and the National Question in China
At the recent congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese President Xi Jinping, forcefully re-asserted China’s seemingly...
Oct 28, 202226 min read
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NATO and EU Ramp Up War Drive
As Russian forces penetrate deeper into Ukrainian territory, they are encountering a much fiercer resistance than anticipated. A large...
Mar 4, 20229 min read
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The War Over Ukraine: A Class Perspective
The Russian military invasion of Ukraine has begun. The war of words, diplomatic shenanigans and military preparations are over. Already,...
Feb 26, 202214 min read
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Enter the Dragon: The Rise of Chinese Imperialism and Its Nemesis
Rivalries and tensions in South China Sea When the UK maritime strike force known as Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) entered the South...
Dec 4, 202139 min read
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Ireland Unfree Shall Never Be At Peace
After more than 22 years of the Good Friday Agreement which ended the militarisation of the conflict in northern Ireland, the underlying...
May 16, 202114 min read
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Greece: who let the dogs out?
How British imperialism crushed democracy in Greece Who let the dogs out: a Greek tragedy If anyone had cause to celebrate the Allied...
Apr 2, 202116 min read
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Free speech, women's rights and the transgender offensive
Free Speech, women’s rights and the transgender offensive The last 5 years has seen a rising offensive, of an increasingly hysterical...
Mar 13, 202110 min read
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Fight Covid, fight capitalism: A roadmap for revolution
As Boris Johnson announced his schedule for relaxation of the lockdown accompanied by a promise to fully reopen the economy by early...
Mar 13, 202122 min read
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The Empire Strikes Back: Johnson Government Turbo Charges Rearmament
For length of years my fruitless force employ Against the thin remains of ruined Troy. What nations now to Juno's power will pray, Or...
Mar 5, 202116 min read
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Capitalism, class and Covid. Part 1: The issues at stake for working people.
In announcing the lockdown during the first wave of the Covid pandemic, the UK Government and public health bodies forecast a possible...
Feb 7, 202117 min read
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The Iron Curtain and the Iron Fist: Cold War and Fascism in Britain
When Adolf Hitler’s right hand man, Rudolf Hess, ran out of fuel and parachuted onto a field in Scotland, on 10 May, 1941, there was...
Feb 4, 202116 min read
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