Review of a book that evidences the crimes of European imperialist states looting the Caribbean and exploiting of the Afro-Caribbean slaves & their descendants
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The view of the President of Socialist Party of Zambia on the second Summit For Democracy in Africa, hosted by the US
The campaign for a formal apology from the British Government for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 will step up ahead of the next year’s General Election
The ICJ applies double standards and practically no action is taken against the USA, NATO countries and their allies. True for Iraq and true for the Chagos Archipelago
Not only has there been no let-up in the terrible situation imposed upon the women of Afghanistan by the Taliban, but the situation is becoming acutely worse, writes Shukria Rahimi
Interview with Shireen Al-Adeimi, a Yemeni-American scholar and activist, 8 years into the Yemen conflict
On the enduring resilience, relevance and reach of a popular international organisation founded after WWII under the slogan ‘No More War, No More Fascism’
Liz Payne celebrates the ‘Mother’ of Viet Nam whose remarkable life has been inextricably bound with the struggle for the peace and freedom of her country
The legacy of dividing nations and seeding permanent conflict following the retreat from Britain’s occupied colonies requires an open discussion without fear or favour, argues Harsev Bains
Sevim Dagdelen on an international conference in Havana bringing together social activists, intellectuals, parliamentarians, artists and academics from 80+ countries
The invasion of Iraq made the world a more volatile and dangerous place. The lessons of what happened in Iraq on this day 20 years ago must be acknowledged
John Foster on how US aggression on China, NATO enlargement and the resulting war in Ukraine have influenced geopolitical shifts in the Middle East
The twenty first century scramble for Africa is no less significant than that of the nineteenth century and is potentially even more dangerous, argues Steve Bishop
Mass action is the only course to hold out any prospect of establishing a durable peace in eastern Europe, argues Andrew Murray
To reverse the current crisis and slide towards a catastrophic world war, Britain needs to set a new course -one in which it can lead by example.
"Support, solidarity, and urgent action are needed more than ever to prevent escalation to a new disastrous war in the Middle East," writes Dr. Aqel Taqaz.
At Liberation meeting in parliament women speakers called for solidarity with struggles for equality, freedom and justice
Israel has erected "a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime," the editorial of Haaretz newspaper said
Drawing on archival research including newly released MI5 files, Marika Sherwood reports on the extraordinary movement founded in 1945 by Kwame Nkrumah and colleagues in London and France to campaign for independence and unity, which led to the beginning of the Cold War in West Africa, writes Bob Newland.
This book tells the terrible story of Britain and the United States (US) abuse of the people of the Chagos Archipeligo, focussing on the international legal framework
£2.3bn in arms to Ukraine and £5m in disaster relief for 23 million people? Is this for real? Apparently yes.
Britain’s territory on Cyprus formed a key part of NATO’s surveillance and nuclear capabilities in the Mediterranean during the Cold War
The people are more than capable of confronting, challenging, and ultimately bringing an end to dictatorship and tyranny. Foreign intervention will bring catastrophe
This book examines how to secure a transition from the pre-2011 regime to a new political process which guarantees justice, security and the essential needs of the Yemeni people.
Speech by Sevim Dağdelen at the Conferencia por el Equilibrio del Mundo, Havana, Cuba, 26 January 2023
Israel is increasingly exposed as a repressive and illegal regime; further expansion & annexation risks traditional sympathy of Jewish communities in the US and Europe.
Deliveries of tanks and Germany’s looming entry into the war will erode the credibility of Germany’s foreign policy, particularly in the Global South.
Sudanese progressive politician, Fathi El-Fadl, comments on the important developments that have taken place in Sudan over recent weeks.
Women’s rights activist Shukria Rahimi issues a rallying plea not to let Afghanistan and the plight of its people under the Taliban slide into obscurity and be forgotten
After years of backing a disastrous, Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, the United States is shifting its approach to the war, supporting a UN-brokered truce that has resulted in the most significant reduction of violence since the war began
Declaration adopted by the 22nd Assembly of the World Peace Council, held in Ha Noi from 22nd to 24th November 2022 in which 108 delegates and guests from 58 organizations from 53 countries participated
In the madness of war, there is money to be made – which is good for private corporations – and there is instability to be sown in the world – which is bad for humanity and for nature
It's time to step up campaigning to promote, protect, and uphold human and democratic rights in Iran; to help send a clear message to the ruling regime in Iran that it will be held accountable for its abuses of these rights; and to reassure the long-suffering Iranian people that their calls and hopes are not in vain, and that they are not alone