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Up to 100,000 people filled the streets of central London today, Saturday, in protest at Israel's continuing assault on Gaza.

Millions of pounds have been poured into the Commonwealth Games, opening in Glasgow’s East End this week. But whoever wins, it certainly won’t be ordinary people in the area, write Charlotte Ahmed and Raymie Kiernan

Ghayath Naisse, a Syrian socialist in the Revolutionary Left Current, compares life in government and rebel held zones

When Israeli forces mow down Palestinians in Gaza they can count on help from across the world—including Britain.

As Israel’s relentless attacks on Gaza claim hundreds of Palestinian lives, hundreds of thousands of people around the world are rising up in anger. There were protests every day last week.

Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine above territory held by pro-Russian separatists on Thursday of last week.

The Commonwealth is one of the British Empire’s last vestiges—indeed, the games were launched as the British Empire Games in 1930.

The response in Israel to the attacks on Gaza has exposed a society consumed by the violence implicit in the Zionist enterprise.

The news seems to drip with horror wherever you look.

Israeli airstrikes killed nine people in Gaza on Monday of this week—and the bombardment is continuing. Fawzi al-Massri, a Gaza resident, spoke to Socialist Worker.

With Israel lashing out at the Palestinians and the prospect of more lethal air strikes over Gaza, the Middle East is again engulfed in conflict.

Only in the most mechanical understanding of history do relations of oppression and exploitation automatically translate into revolution.