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Our rulers’ sickening hypocrisy over Syria

The bluster and grandstanding of Western leaders over horrific deaths in Syria gets ever more hypocritical, ghoulish—and dangerous.

The Cold War rhetoric is inflated—but there are real risks

There have been claims on both sides that the Syrian crisis marks the most serious confrontation between Washington and Moscow since the Cuban missile crisis

March—and then strike

The Trade Union Congress demonstration in London on 12 May could be a real boost to the resistance against Theresa May’s rotten government.

Fight for the rights of all migrants to stay

The treatment of “Windrush generation” migrants has exposed Britain’s immigration system has been exposed as a racist, bungling bureaucracy.

Scottish National Party’s shift to Kiwi capitalism is a sharp turn to the right

Nicola Sturgeon, SNP, Scotland, Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party (SNP) is poised for a sharp turn to the right.

As Tories attack migrants - put them in a hostile environment, not refugees

anti-racism, Stand Up To Racism, students, conference, 17 March

Theresa May is fulfilling her 2013 promise to create a “hostile environment” for migrants.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi—a dictator for the west

With Sisi in charge Egypt once more has a dictator that the West and Israel can do business with.

Press wages war on Grenfell survivors to help the Tories

The media wants to undermine stories of Grenfell survivors. It’s part of a push to let the guilty off the hook, writes Alistair Farrow

Rulers fear protest—we need more of it

The best thing to do this week is to defend Jeremy Corbyn – and put tens of thousands onto the streets of Britain in solidarity with the Palestinians.

Challenging the bosses’ system is not antisemitism

Is saying that the bankers are to blame for problems in society veering towards an attack on Jews?

False antisemitism claims must be fought

It’s not a diversion to point out that those who accuse the left of antisemitism support the Tories and the right—and often don’t mind pandering to racism themselves

John Bolton - the latest threat from Trump

Donald Trump has appointed warmonger John Bolton as his national security adviser.

Throw out Tory health deal and defend the NHS

The Tories showed their contempt for the health service and those who work in it with a miserly pay offer last week.

A Brexit deal for bosses

Theresa May’s deal with the European Union over Brexit will see a 21 month “transition period” after Brexit on 29 March 2019.

The real scandal behind Cambridge Analytica

Politicians and big business will try every method to shape people’s views. And at the same time they will seek to make money from doing it.

The universities struggle is changing workers

The strike has infused new life into semi-moribund UCU branches

Britain’s licence to kill

Theresa May threatened Russia with retaliation if it didn’t respond to an ultimatum by Tuesday night.

Ending racism means smashing capitalism

Thousands of people will die this year trying to cross borders in an effort to reach safety.

Theresa May is a faithful friend to corrupt Mohammed bin Salman

Only someone with Theresa May’s flair for public relations would have received Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, on International Women’s Day last Thursday.