SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
No to Trump’s reckless push for war
We need an international movement against war and for peace – and Labour must play its part, says RICHARD BURGON
SEVENTEEN years ago this month, in his state of the union address, George W Bush made clear the United States would launch war on Iraq, regardless of whether there was UN backing or not.
And to our shame, our government signed up to that.
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died. Millions of Iraqi lives were destroyed. Over 4,500 US soldiers and 179 British service personnel lost their lives.
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