Tim Craddock recommends an exhibition on British colonial wars and subsequent postcolonial experience that runs until March 2026
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A book that tells of CIA, MI6, Mossad and the British colonial roots to a war on terror that targeted Kenya’s Muslim and Somali minorities
Solidarity with the people of Venezuela! For an end to US imperialism, and restoration of peace, stability, and security for Venezuela, Latin America, and the world
Steve Bell reviews a defence of US use of sanctions and other economic measures against states that ignores the dire consequences for civilians
Bob Newland reviews a book on a little known CIA financed coup that toppled the Communist government of the Indian State of Kerala in 1959
Lasting peace requires the establishment of justice, the formation of an independent Palestinian state, and respect for the national sovereignty of the Palestinian people, writes Navid Shomali
Statement Sudan's Resistance Committees and the forces that signed the Revolutionary Charter to establish the People’s Authority
Steve Bell reviews a book on how Algeria's nationalist forces worked with the labour movement in Britain and France in which our predecessor MCF played a notable role.
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.
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
Aquel Taqaz looks warily at the implications of Western states’ proposed recognition of the Palestinian state
"We Condemn the Zionist fascist decisions to entrench the occupation of Gaza and call for the broadest and strongest Palestinian unity to confront them"
A substantial chapter on the Movement for Colonial Freedom makes interesting reading for Liberation members and supporters, writes Guillermo Thomas
Presentation by Jamshid Ahmadi to the Unite Policy Conference fringe meeting in Brighton on 10 July 2025
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
Unite members unequivocally reject the campaign of aggression against Iran at Policy Conference fringe event
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
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.
Bob Newland reviews the memoirs of H.E. ‘comrade’ Kingsley Mamabolo, recently appointed South African Ambassador to the UK
Steve Bishop on how the 1979 revolution’s aims are obfuscated to create a picture where the monarchists are the opposition to the theocracy
Marc Botenga MEP on the agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo made in Washington under the supervision of Trump
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
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
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
Britain has played, over recent years, a particularly dangerous imperialist role in the region. An historical analysis by John Foster
Israel and its backers cannot hope to sustain genocide, forced displacement and occupation in the longer term. By Dr. Aqel Taqaz
'Continuous Israeli aggression in the region, and its latest attack on Iran" condemned and a call for "an immediate halt to all military action"
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
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