Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
The deadly double standards of the West
A fraction of the money poured into devastating wars would alleviate the ongoing suffering of people affected by Agent Orange, writes JOHN GREEN
WHILE the media rages over the alleged use of poison gas by the Syrian government, they are not in the slightest bit concerned about the poisoned individuals who provide emotive front page images, but are soon forgotten.
The media is only interested in the use it can make of such photos in order to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
If they were really concerned about the real humanitarian repercussions they would also be devoting attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis unleashed by the US in Vietnam from 1961-71.
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