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It's high time Britain put peace at the heart of its foreign policy
CHRIS NINEHAM says the public have learned from 16 years of violence abroad
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
THE wars that Britain has participated in over the last 16 years have generated unprecedented suffering and instability. All the countries that we have invaded and bombed in these years are still at war.
The West’s war in Afghanistan has lasted four times longer than World War I, but this year the level of violence has reached a record high in what is a nearly decade long trend.
Iraq, where government forces have just assaulted the Kurds, is still torn by sectarianism. Libya is in the throes of chaotic clashes between rival Islamist groups. And Syria is devastated and divided as a result of a traumatic civil war fuelled by multiple outside interventions.
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