“Even as the West pushes for a diplomatic solution to escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, it is bracing and today further preparing for the possibility of war.” These words led off the January 24 broadcast of CBC’s flagship evening news show “The National,” and they encapsulate very well the tone that the Canadian media […]
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Workers’ unity essential to fight the threat of war. Political and economic earthquakes are being prepared globally as the forces of US and Chinese imperialism move from a state of cooperation to open competition. As these forces collide, shock waves ripple around the world dis-organising, disrupting, and re-organising the relationships between the different imperialist powers. […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). The war in Ethiopia has entered a third phase close to a year after its start, with a new offensive launched by the federal army against Tigray. The human consequences of the war are disastrous, with the country facing the worst famine globally for […]
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There’s an issue that was not asked about in the election debates or by the Canadian media circuit. That question is the Canadian military, and the shocking increases in military spending. The Trudeau government is drastically increasing military spending with virtually no pushback from a country that prides itself on its “peaceful” reputation. Trudeau agreed […]
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“The twenty year occupation of Afghanistan by US and allied forces has been a disaster for those living in the country. At least a quarter of a million people, both combatants and civilians, have been killed, probably many more. Corruption is rife from the head of government down through the police, the army and courts. […]
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Jason Toynbee is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). The world changed twenty years ago. It’s rare that a single event like the 9/11 terrorist attack in the USA can have that much impact. But of course it wasn’t just an act of terror which altered the course of history. Rather it […]
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Resistance Will Grow! Of all the setbacks for women and workers in the world over the past year, this is among the worst. Imperialism has ensured that one of the most oppressive regimes against women ever, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan based on pure gender apartheid, is back. As the Taliban are preparing to establish […]
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Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Twenty years after invading Afghanistan in 2001, US troops are leaving along with other allied forces. Thousands of US and allied troops were killed in the endless war with the Taliban, tens of thousands were injured while hundreds of thousands of Afghan people lost […]
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Eddie McCabe is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). US Imperialism Withdraws US imperialism’s 20-year war in Afghanistan has come to an ignominious end with the final withdrawal of its 2,500 remaining troops this month. The withdrawal comes two months before Biden’s deadline of 11 September – the 20th anniversary of Al-Qaeda’s criminal […]
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The metaphors of war have been in abundance since the onset of COVID-19. In Britain, the Queen, in a speech, evoked the WW2 song, “We’ll Meet Again.” The Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, also invoked WW2 when he used Winston Churchill’s words to talk about Italy’s “darkest hour.” Donald Trump has described himself as a […]
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