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“Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property” – book review
Adam Raz has made an important addition to the study of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in this detailed volume containing original research.
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Rising costs but no pay rise: U.S. workers fight back
As the presidential election closes in, Jamal Elaheebocus reports on working class strike actions across the USA.
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“Mixing Pop and Politics, A Marxist History of Popular Music” – book review
Toby Manning’s history of popular music in its historical context is a rich and rewarding exploration of the politics of music, finds Charles Marriott.
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Long-range missiles won’t win Ukraine war, but risk significant escalation
We should instead be working towards a ceasefire and negotiations, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica.
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Resistance takes off as Macron ignores elections
Emmanuel Macron has named a prime minister from the right-wing party that came fourth in June’s elections.
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The earth can’t endure Nato’s ambitions
NATO’s growing militarism doesn’t just risk widening war, but is deeply implicated in the mounting climate catastrophe, argues Nandita Lal.
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Anti-fascist rallies take the streets away from the racists
Counterfire members attended demonstrations across the country and sent the following reports of the heartening mobilisations against racism and fascism.
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French workers seize the torch
French workers are taking advantage of the spotlight due to the Olympics, and the left victory in the elections, to strike and gain important demands, reports Jamal Elaheebocus.
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Emissions increase as climate disaster intensifies
CEOs state outright that profit must come first, even as this year’s deadly heat waves providing worrying evidence of the rising climate emergency, reports John Clarke.
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“The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies” – book review
Andy Beckett’s The Searchers provides a thoughtful consideration of five leaders of the Labour left, their relation to mass movements, and political impact, finds Kevin Crane.
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‘The Dreadful History and Judgement of God on Thomas Müntzer: The Life and Times of an Early German Revolutionary’ – book review
An excellent history of the sixteenth-century radical Thomas Müntzer brings the radical Reformation and the dawn of the modern era into focus, finds Dominic Alexander.
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Red Traces, Part 17: The golden age of Islamic science
Medieval Muslim thinkers ironically provided the intellectual foundations for the rise of the West, writes Sean Ledwith.
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“The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain’s First Labour Government” – Book Review
An establishment friendly history of the first Labour government, in 1924, shows how willingly a Labour leadership can be captured by the ruling class, finds John Westmoreland.
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NATO’s spiralling commitments to Ukraine risk catastrophe
We are on the possible verge of a major escalation in the war in the Ukraine, one which risks war between NATO and Russia, and one involving nuclear weapons, argues Chris Bambery.
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Assange victorious in High Court
The threat of immediate extradition has been lifted in today’s ruling against the U.S. government, reports John Rees from the court.
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On the edge of the ‘climate abyss’
With scientists warning of imminent catastrophe, it is time to stop expecting our rulers to change course by persuasion; only militant anti-capitalism will work, argues John Clarke.
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Canada faces another grim wildfire season
The wildfires in Canada kept burning all winter, and a new season is set to be catastrophic, as climate feedback loops accelerate disaster, warns John Clarke.
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“Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom” – book review
Vulture Capitalism demolishes the idea of the ‘free market’ in the corporate age, but has limitations in its analysis of capitalism and how to challenge it, argues Dominic Alexander.
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NATO 75th Anniversary: A guarantor of war
The 75th anniversary of Nato’s founding is no cause for celebration, argues Chris Bambery, amid the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Ukraine quagmire and U.S. efforts to re-assert its global dominance.
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Preconditions for disaster: “A People’s History of Covid” – extract
In this first of two extracts from Terina Hine’s new book, “A People’s History of Covid”, the impact of inequality and neoliberalism in the UK on the spread of Covid is outlined