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Dated - 05 Jul 2016
Anti-war movement was right on Iraq

The Chilcot report into the Iraq war was set to be published this Wednesday. It is expected to expose the lies the West used to wage war on Iraq in 2003. But millions of people at the time saw through the lies and joined one of the biggest movements Britain has ever seen. Judith Orr tells the story

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Matthew Caygill 1955-2016
Obituaries

Matthew Caygill 1955-2016

Last week, like many others on the Left, we were shocked and saddened to hear that the longstanding socialist activist and historian Matthew Caygill had unexpectedly passed away. 
12 July 2016
Heart surgery, health cuts and the market
News

Heart surgery, health cuts and the market

A bitter row has broken out between some of Britain’s best known hospitals following plans to reorganise heart surgery for children and babies.
11 July 2016
Black Lives Matter protest in Brixton
Galleries

Pictures of Black Lives Matter protest in Brixton, London

People in Brixton, south London, protested on Saturday after the murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by US police
10 July 2016
Black Lives Matter protest in Birmingham
Galleries

Pictures of Black Lives Matter protest in Birmingham

People protested in Birmingham after the racist murders by US police
10 July 2016
Outrage after US police murder black people
News

Outrage after US police murder black people

The racist killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police in the United States have sparked an eruption of anger in that country but also more widely.
10 July 2016
Protests sweep Zimbabwe
International

Protests sweep Zimbabwe

Protests, strikes and stay-aways have swept Zimbabwe in southern Africa as people revolt against food shortages, unpaid wages, corruption and repression.
08 July 2016
Strike after rejection of junior doctors' contract
News

Strike after rejection of junior doctors’ contract

Hated health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced on Wednesday this week that the government will impose its dangerous new contract for junior doctors by October.
08 July 2016
Chilcot - Blair's 'UN route' was discussed in April 2002 - and it was the pathway to war
News

Chilcot – Blair’s ‘UN route’ was discussed in April 2002 – and it was the pathway to war

The meeting between George Bush and Tony Blair in April 2002 has been described as a turning point the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.
07 July 2016
Iraq Poem by Alan Gibbons
Comment

Iraq Poem by Alan Gibbons

Author and campaigner Alan Gibbons sent Socialist Worker this poem yesterday, in the wake of the publication of the Chilcot report.
07 July 2016
The dodgy dossier, Alastair Campbell and Iraq's weapons
News

The dodgy dossier, Alastair Campbell and Iraq’s weapons

Tony Blair’s “dodgy” dossier gets an entire chapter in the Chilcot Inquiry’s report into the Iraq war, published today.
06 July 2016
Chilcot on Blair, lies and WMDs
News

Chilcot on Blair, lies and WMDs

John Chilcot’s speech this morning slammed Blair and others for asserting that there were Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in Iraq.
06 July 2016
When did Blair agree to regime change in Iraq?
News

When did Blair agree to regime change in Iraq?

Chilcot does not accept that Tony Blair had decided to join the US in invading Iraq as early as the start of 2002. But this appears to be contradicted by some of the evidence in the report.
06 July 2016