Bob Newland on an internationalist who engaged in solidarity with anti-colonial struggles worldwide while also seeking to learn from them
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Dr. Aqel Taqaz and Dr. Ofer Cassif speak to Liberation and issue urgent calls for peace and solidarity
Liberation statement on the massacre at Nuseirat and the US resolution on ending over eight months of bloodshed
The General Secretary of the Indian Peace and Solidarity Organisation sheds light on the context to these elections and gives his take on what the result may mean for India's future
US and Germany must do everything in their power to secure a ceasefire, instead of aiding and abetting the bloodbath by continued support for Israel, writes Sevim Dagdelen.
Will this US/Saudi pact see the light of day? And what possible impacts for the Palestinians and other peoples of the Middle East? By Steve Bishop
Liberation was proud to have joined the demonstration in central London on Saturday 1 June, organised by the Sudanese anti-war forces
The outlook of South Africa is that democracy, peace, and security on an international scale can best flourish under respect for the rules of international law, argues Dikobé Ben Martins
Jeremy Cronin on the huge advances under ANC rule, its failures and the multiple challenges, above all unemployment, poverty and yawning inequality
The Forces for Radical Change in Sudan issue an appeal for action to avert a humanitarian catastrophe faced by Sudanese citizen's in the refugee camp of Olala. Ethiopia
Sudan's Alliance of Forces for Radical Change reviews the dire humanitarian situation a year on from the start of the war and issues a call to action
Interview with a direct participant in the events of 25 April 1974 on the revolution's enduring impact and legacy in Portugal and decolonialisation
As international and regional initiatives to address the conflict founder, Sudan is rapidly heading towards becoming a failed state, warns Fathi El-Fadl.
It was largely the increasing success of the liberation forces in Portugal's colonies that led to the Carnation Revolution in Portugal
Britain should come out of NATO, NATO should be disbanded and a truly international foreign policy of peaceful coexistence should be implemented
There are increasing indications that the world order is changing and that the changes are not to the liking of the US and its NATO allies. The most obvious of these is in relation to China, writes Steve Bishop, who traces the origins of this global geopolitical realignment, writes Steve Bishop
"Solidarity with Palestinians and their decades-long struggle in defense of their land, culture, and freedom has long been a central theme of my political life."
Hain highlights the fragile qualities of South African democracy and the many ongoing threats to it against a backdrop of former colonial powers and those wishing to gain new power and influence competing at the expense of the people of South Africa and those of Africa as a whole.
Belgian MP and leader of the Workers' Party of Belgium, Mertens has published extensively. Liberation interviewed him on his new book “Mutiny”, just published in English
Harsev Bains on Modi's re-election prospects and the ramifications for peace, social justice, and human rights within India and internationally
Israel’s assault on Gaza has prompted a resurgence of the issue of the presence of “the sovereign” British military bases in Cyprus, writes Vera Polycarpou
A man of the people, a leader ahead of his time, on the environment, debt repayment, regional collaboration. national self-reliance and advocacy of women’s rights, writes Bob Newland
Israel’s government is shutting out, submerging, forcibly silencing, and criminalising the voices of progressive individuals and organisations in Israel and the occupied Palestinian lands
The Israeli war of genocide on Gaza and the Palestinian people is causing tensions in the Middle East to intensify and threatens to engulf the region in a new war with grave dangers for world peace, writes Ahmed Salem
Whether in forums like the ICJ & ICC, in sustained protest or in re-invigorating the BDS, the tide of anti-Zionist action needs to be sustained & consolidated, writes Jeremy Cronin
Is it not high time that Britain liberated itself from the chains shackling its foreign policy to that of the US, to warmongering and destruction?
The US- and UK-backed war of Israel against Palestinians in Gaza has, as in other Arab countries, turned popular opinion against the Gulf sultanate’s western allies, writes Joe Gill
Blinken's "table and menu" remarks indicate that the underlying logic that Washington truly believes in and follows in its foreign strategy has not fundamentally changed.
The civil war has resulted in people starving in parts of Sudan, with food security experts forecasting a wider crisis starting mid-year, and continuing next year, according to Sudan War Monitor
The multi-spot eruption of Middle East conflicts and the latest strikes, have caused headaches for the White House while having one beneficiary - the US military-industrial complex
Fathi El-Fadl on why the mass mobilisation of the people, securing their active and unfettered participation in all decision-making institutions is critical
Liberation is greatly enthused by ICJ's landmark ruling on South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people
Liberation believes that more war, more bombs, and more destruction in the Middle East only portends the onset of a wider conflict jeopardising the lives and wellbeing of working people in all lands
Elkins’ book is another step in revising our understanding of the British imperial past and challenging the attitudes that underwrite our current society