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#OffTheList - Against Trump's War on Cuba. Brighton, Tuesday 23 September, 7pm. Brian Leishman MP, Georgina Andrews, Radhika Desai, Ann Hallam, Cuba Embassy, GFTU speakers

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A book that invites us to retire the stale debate between “developmental state good” and “neoliberal state bad” writes Tom Kenny

Misery Beneath the Miracle in East Asia review

Speech by Sevim Dagdelen (BSW) at the 12th Xiangshan Forum in Beijing

A New Epoch and the Main Stronghold

On the life and achievements of the former general secretary of Liberation

Maggie Bowden obituary

Liberation statement on the ongoing genocide in Gaza - 20 September 2025

Liberation statement on the ongoing genocide in Gaza

It is with deep sadness that Liberation announces the passing on 1 September 2025 of Maggie Bowden, our Joint President and former long-time General Secretary.

Maggie Bowden, former Liberation General Secretary, RIP

On British support for communist-led resistance movements to Japanese occupation and how the seeds of the post-WW2 war ‘Emergency’ were sown. Book review by Bob Newland

The Special Operations Executive in Malaya review

Aquel Taqaz looks warily at the implications of Western states’ proposed recognition of the Palestinian state

On the West’s imminent recognition of a Palestinian state

Peter Hain's latest novel, set in the final years of South African apartheid, has lessons for activists involved in today’s struggles

Fallout review

"We Condemn the Zionist fascist decisions to entrench the occupation of Gaza and call for the broadest and strongest Palestinian unity to confront them"

Israel’s Gaza Occupation Plan: Palestinian People’s Party statement

PAYAM SOLHTALAB reflects upon the terrible events of 6 August 1945 and their continuing resonance amid the current febrile international climate

Remembering Hiroshima: A Timely Warning for Humanity from History

Liberation statement on the question of recognition of a Palestinian state - 31 July 2025

Liberation statement on the question of recognition of a Palestinian …

A substantial chapter on the Movement for Colonial Freedom makes interesting reading for Liberation members and supporters, writes Guillermo Thomas

Uniting Nations: Britons and Internationalism, 1945-1970 Review

Liberation Executive Committee's Message of Solidarity to Brian Leishman MP - 22 July 2025

Liberation Executive Committee’s Message of Solidarity to Brian Leishman MP

Presentation by Jamshid Ahmadi to the Unite Policy Conference fringe meeting in Brighton on 10 July 2025

‘No More War on Iran!’

By Dr Azar Sepehr, Democratic Organization of Iranian Women

Iran: People caught between Trump/Netanyahu and political Islam

Iranians will win freedom without western and Israeli bombs

Iranians must choose their own future. We in the UK must show solidarity with their struggles against the regime and their victories, argues Joe Gill

Iranians will win freedom without western and Israeli bombs

Unite members unequivocally reject the campaign of aggression against Iran at Policy Conference fringe event

‘No More War on Iran!’

As long as the world remains silent, weapons will keep flowing, land will keep being stolen, and lives will continue to be lost. But the Sudanese people have not given up, writes

Sudan’s Proxy War: A Humanitarian Catastrophe Fuelled by Geopolitical Greed

Amidst the rubble, ruins, and unjustly spilled blood, political prisoners are victimized twice—once by the foreign enemy and once by the indifference of domestic officials.

Iran: A cry for justice amidst the silence of officials

Bob Newland reviews the memoirs of H.E. ‘comrade’ Kingsley Mamabolo, recently appointed South African Ambassador to the UK

Let Not the Sun Set on You review

Steve Bishop on how the 1979 revolution’s aims are obfuscated to create a picture where the monarchists are the opposition to the theocracy

Iran: No to Israel and the US’s ‘regime change’ playbook

Marc Botenga MEP on the agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo made in Washington under the supervision of Trump

DRC peace deal: will it end deadly war?

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The Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of …

Liberation statement on the US bombing of Iran in the early hours of Sunday 22 June 2025

Liberation calls for an immediate ceasefire… End the bombing of …

Brian Leishman MP, our new parliamentary chair, argues for a new approach to foreign policy in the UK and highlights some priorities for work on behalf of Liberation in Westminster

For a new internationalism in Westminster

The first communist activist and political prisoner in Palestine remains a potent symbol of resilience, intellect, and an unyielding spirit that continues to resonate, writes Jamshid Ahmadi

Sahbaa Al-Barbari: ‘The breeze that softened the harshness’

However the regime change may be portrayed in the Western media, the outlook for the Syrian people is bleak and the prospects for peace in the region severely weakened, writes Steve Bishop

Bleak outlook for the Syrian people

Interview with Arun Kumar, General Secretary of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation

Kashmir crisis must be solved through bilateral talks

Higher military spending won’t raise living standards. As Berlin rearms, Washington directs—but who pays the price? By Peter Mertens

Tanks Don’t Fill Lunchboxes

Britain has played, over recent years, a particularly dangerous imperialist role in the region. An historical analysis by John Foster

British imperialism’s dangerous role in the Middle East

Israel and its backers cannot hope to sustain genocide, forced displacement and occupation in the longer term. By Dr. Aqel Taqaz

77 years and the Nakba is still ongoing

'Continuous Israeli aggression in the region, and its latest attack on Iran" condemned and a call for "an immediate halt to all military action"

Stop the Killing! End the War Now! Joint statement on …

Rwanda has played a central role in this conflict over mineral resources that has been destabilising the region and it has been backed by Europe and the US, writes Marc Botenga MEP

The West’s role in the struggle for Congo’s riches

Young shows that the US model of democracy has failed and says that there is a pressing need for models that better address the needs of the people of the Global South, writes John Green

The Poisoned Chalice of US Democracy review

The key to peace and democracy in the Middle East is the recognition of the independence and sovereignty of nations, writes Jamshid Ahmadi

Resist the Axis of Danger

Clip from speech at session on USAID Funding Pause, House of Commons, Tuesday 10 June 2025

“Cutting overseas aid is a false economy”: Brian Leishman MP

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