Opening Labour for a new cold war
Despite presenting itself as a radical departure Open Labour’s new pamphlet is a continuation of the Tory “Global Britain” project.
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Britain’s military infrastructure – for the new cold war
The website “Declassified” investigation into Britain’s military presence overseas reveals that there are at least 145 sites in 42 countries where there is an armed forces presence. This suggests that the British state has the second highest number of overseas bases in the world, after the United States.
The campaign for justice for Pat Finucane and many more will go on
The British government has announced that it will not call a public inquiry into the assassination of Pat Finucane.
The facts of the case and many more like it are well known; British security forces in Ireland established, armed, staffed and funded Loyalist death squads.
British government policies are leading to a ‘Third Wave’ of coronavirus
The latest easing measures begun on December 2nd with further easing scheduled for the holiday period seems certain to revive the numbers of cases and then, with a slight delay, an increase in hospitalisations and deaths.
Spending Review is designed to push wages lower and keep them there – with mass unemployment
The Tories have no real plan to get out of the current economic crisis, but they are determined that the working class will foot the bill.
In that way, their hope is that the end result of this economic slump will be much lower wages across the board and that profits for the remaining companies will significantly increase as a result.
Funding the new cold war
Boris Johnson has announced the biggest increase in British military spending for thirty years. This is the price for British government participation in U.S. imperialism’s new cold war against China and the developing nations.