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 Featherstone massacre: lessons for today
Little has changed in the ruling class's contempt for and ruthless exploitation of working people over the last 128 years, argues JON TRICKETT
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
SOME events leave an indelible mark on a community. They live long in the collective memory of a town and shape who we are, sometimes without us even realising it.
The Featherstone massacre of September 7 1893 is one of those events. Let me tell you what happened.
In the year 1893 the price of coal plummeted by 35 per cent. The owners of the mines feared this would reduce their profits and proposed to cut their workers’ wages by a quarter.
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