Two events piqued my interests in politics and world affairs before I entered the anti-war movement and embarked on a political expedition across the left. They were the razing of Grozny by the Russian Federation and the anti World Trade [...]
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But Corbyn is such a nice man..... In contrast to most hard and soft left people's elation and enthusiasm for Corbyn, I can't shake both scepticism and cynicism at Corbyn and co's chances of 'reclaiming' the Labour Party. And I feel [...]
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Michael Gove as Education Secretary, was more terrifying than any horror film his late friend Christopher Lee starred in throughout a sixty year career. His inability to listen to anyone with vast teaching experience and his pig-headed belief in his [...]
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May’s General Election saw a surge in nationalism on both sides of the border. In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) overturned the longstanding dominance of the Labour Party to win 56 of the 59 Scottish seats, while the Conservative [...]
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Socialists argued about nuclear wars in the 1950’s and concluded that, on numerous grounds, nuclear wars would be a total disaster for millions of innocent people, poisoned and maimed, and the planet itself would suffer irreparable damage to its environs [...]
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Peter Kennard: Unofficial War Artist at the Imperial War Museum, London, until 30 May 2016. Most people who have been active politically on the left will be familiar with the striking simple graphics and photomontage of Peter Kennard. They have featured [...]
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The kind invitation I received to write an article for The Project suggested the topic: “Can there be peace after the elections in Israel?”. Obviously what was meant by “peace” was peace between the state of Israel and the phantom-state [...]
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All socialists should join in the condemnation of the murderous attack on the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo and the linked shootings that followed. Our condemnation should be unequivocal. Nothing can justify them. The attacks were carried [...]
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There was a time, just over a decade ago, when the leaders of the United States and Britain promised the world a quick victory in Iraq in order to put an end to an unhinged dictator, halt the Islamist threat [...]
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Iraq does not exist. Syria does not exist. The carve up of the Ottoman Empire by the entente powers in 1916 is all but undone. The president of the Kurdish Regional Government Masoud Barzani has said a “new reality” now [...]
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