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The new cold war: what we know after the G7
VIJAY PRASHAD explains how the latest G7 meeting in Hiroshima exposed the steps the West is taking around the world in its drive towards a full-blown world war against the East
PLEASED AS PUNCH: G7 warmongers in Hiroshima
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
IN July 2020, a group of us joined together to create the No Cold War platform (nocoldwar.org). We drafted a statement with a strong title: A new cold war against China is against the interests of humanity.
The statement reads: “We note the increasingly aggressive statements and actions being taken by the US government in regard to China. These constitute a threat to world peace and are an obstacle to humanity successfully dealing with extremely serious common issues which confront it such as climate change, control of pandemics, racist discrimination and economic development.
“We, therefore, believe that any new cold war would run entirely counter to the interests of humanity. Instead, we stand in favour of maximum global co-operation in order to tackle the enormous challenges we face as a species.
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