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‘It wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing’
KATE HUDSON of CND lays to rest some myths about the supposed ‘necessity’ of bombing the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II
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CHRIS HOOFE calls for support for GMB’s Potters’ Pledge campaign, aimed at making sure the historic pottery industry based in Stoke-on-Trent is supported over cheap, low-quality imports and counterfeits
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI
We must organise broad-based counterprotests and celebratory local community events to rebuild class consciousness and challenge the far-right’s divisive lies, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, ahead of this Saturday’s big demo in London
Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE
AS WE mourn the loss of all those killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US atomic bombs, in August 1945, we cannot avoid the fact that we are closer than ever to nuclear war.
The war on Ukraine is greatly increasing the risk. So too is Nato’s location of upgraded nuclear weapons across Europe — including Britain — and Russia’s siting of similar weapons in Belarus.
Irresponsible talk suggesting that “tactical” nuclear weapons could be deployed on the battlefield — as if radiation can be constrained in a small area — makes nuclear use more likely.
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The threat of escalation of the Israel-Gaza conflict is rapidly increasing, as recent rhetoric from Israeli politicians suggests a willingness to use their nuclear weapons, warns CND general secretary KATE HUDSON
