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Amineh Kakabaveh at Nordiskt Forum 2014 in Malmö, Sweden
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AN IRANIAN-KURDISH MP at the centre of a deepening row over Sweden’s bid to join Nato could decide the fate of the government in a no-confidence vote today.
The country’s parliament will hold the vote after a motion was submitted by the far-right Sweden Democrats on Friday.
The vote seeks to oust Justice Minister Morgan Johansson over his handling of gang crime in the Scandinavian country, but Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has vowed to resign if Mr Johansson is forced out.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare
In the conclusion of his two-part article, PETER MERTENS reveals that while global military spending hits $2.7 trillion with European arms company profits soaring 1,000%, €1 invested in hospitals creates 2.5 times more jobs than weapons