Olive oil remains a vital foundation of food, agriculture and society, storing power in the bonds of solidarity. Though Palestinians are under attack, they continue to press forward write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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The wonky Ajax and jobs for the boys
SOLOMON HUGHES reports on the revolving door from the British army to defence corporations like General Dynamics, whose latest £3.5bn vehicle is an unusable clunker
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VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
JOE ATTARD explains why trade unionists are rallying in solidarity against the recent arrest of political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan, the northernmost region of Kashmir, administered by Pakistan
by Roger D Harris and John Perry
Why not pay a visit to Feile an Phobail, a people’s festival of community arts with roots in the days of internment without trial, and where the spirit of solidarity remains undimmed, says LYNDA WALKER
VINCE MILLS says Scottish Labour has adopted better positions than its Westminster counterpart — but unless it starts to fight for them that will count for nothing
THE British army’s latest armoured vehicle is performing so badly that inspectors think a “successful delivery” is “unachievable.”
But the US firm behind the failing armoured vehicle did hire one of the army’s top generals. So not everyone is doing badly from the flawed £3.5 billion vehicle.
US defence giant General Dynamics is selling the Ajax armoured fighting vehicles to the British army.
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