The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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The state of the States
The chasm between US Establishment politics and the daily struggles of working-class Americans continues to grow – but tactical errors by the left have led to worrying outcomes in recent elections, writes GLYN ROBBINS
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
DAVID HORSLEY remembers communist seaman Bill Bailey, the ‘Kid from Hoboken,’ whose heroics in tearing down a swastika flag from a ship’s mast inspired early anti-fascist resistance
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
WATCHING CNN recently summed up the true state of US society. On the main screen, chatter about the continuing wrangling in DC, the vacuous Cop26 summit and Donald Trump’s idiocy.
Running on a ticker tape along the bottom, updates on the latest industrial dispute in what’s been termed “Striketober” and seems likely to become “Strikevember”!
The chasm between Establishment politics — reflected in the mass media — and the daily struggles of working-class Americans continues to grow.
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