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For a Peaceful Pacific: opposing NATO’s military aggression – Webinar 10 April

For a Peaceful Pacific: opposing NATO’s military aggression – Webinar 10 April

3rd April 2021

Webinar hosted by No Cold War - hosting a line-up of peace campaigners and academic to explore the issues of the 'Quad', associated attempts to construct an anti-China regional alliance and the prospects for a peaceful Pacific.

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The most right-wing British government in generations is being backed by the leadership of the Labour Party

The most right-wing British government in generations is being backed by the leadership of the Labour Party

1st April 2021

The Starmer group heading the Labour Party represents a thorough political degeneration of the Labour leadership. There is barely a trace of even the mildest social democracy in its political outlook.

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Protecting our rights requires vigilance and protest

Protecting our rights requires vigilance and protest

26th March 2021

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill seeks to restrict citizens’ ability to lawfully protest, and seeks to allow police increased powers to restrict the reasons for protest and the way they handle the events themselves. The police use heavy-handed tactics against women attending the vigil on Clapham Common, following the murder of Sarah Everard, is an indication of the restrictions on protest that the government wants to introduce.

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Why Sunak and Biden are not Keynes, Corbyn or McDonnell

Why Sunak and Biden are not Keynes, Corbyn or McDonnell

25th March 2021

Austerity measures are integral to the current economic policies of the US and UK. They amount to an all-round attack on wages and the social wage while there is a temporary boost to demand. That is why it is extremely foolish and misleading to compare them to the policies of Corbyn, McDonnell or Keynes.

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The global pandemic and the international class struggle

The global pandemic and the international class struggle

12th March 2021

The central aim for the ruling classes of the main imperialist powers in the current crisis is not simply that public health cannot be the priority, but the crisis itself must be used as an opportunity to increase the rate of exploitation.

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How to think about assisted dying and why it should not be legalised – the real position of disabled people in capitalism

How to think about assisted dying and why it should not be legalised – the real position of disabled people in capitalism

12th March 2021

The material context in which legalisation of assisted suicide is contemplated is one of a retreating welfare state, reduced health and social care provision, increasing inequality and poverty and even a stalling of life expectancy and increased inequalities in life expectancy. To normalise the idea of ending life as a response to pain, disability or terminal illness would be extremely dangerous and should not be supported.

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Why UK’s ban on CGTN is a danger to the people of China and the West

12th March 2021

The suppression of the British broadcasting rights of CGTN is damaging not only to China but to the British people. In the context of the threat of a new cold war against China, it is crucial to accurately comprehend the positions of the chief actors in the global situation. Denying a voice to China's CGTN hampers this.

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A Zero Covid strategy would aid women and black communities – bearing the brunt of the attack

A Zero Covid strategy would aid women and black communities – bearing the brunt of the attack

11th March 2021

The pandemic has disproportionately hit women and black people. There is no trade off between the economy and the coronavirus. We urgently need a zero-Covid strategy to suppress the virus.

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Ecuador’s democracy is under attack – Progressive International statement

Ecuador’s democracy is under attack – Progressive International statement

25th February 2021

Progressive International statement in defence of Ecuador's democracy. Reactionary forces are leading a dirty and dishonest campaign to remove the leading candidate Andrés Arauz and delay the second round of the Presidential election.

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Speech by President Maduro on 173 anniversary of the Communist Manifesto

Speech by President Maduro on 173 anniversary of the Communist Manifesto

22nd February 2021

To mark 173 years since the first publication of The Communist Manifesto, Nicolás Maduro speaks about this important document that explains the historical process of class struggle and inspires those struggling for the liberation of humanity.

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British government provokes and encourages Loyalist rioting – Irish Republicans blamed

9th April 2021 shoreditchadmin2 0

The Unionist and Loyalist communities have been misled by their own parties and lied to so as to serve Tory Party ambitions. The sectarian and supremacist ideology of those communities is under threat from the closer trade relationship with the Irish Republic that is a consequence of a Hard Brexit.

Decriminalise Abortion Now

9th April 2021 shoreditchadmin2 0

Decriminalisation doesn’t mean deregulation of abortion. There are many medical guidelines which doctors have to follow to carry out safe and legal abortions, but when gate-keeping access to abortion comes from Victorian legislation, it’s time to update it.

For a Peaceful Pacific: opposing NATO’s military aggression – Webinar 10 April

3rd April 2021 shoreditchadmin2 0

Webinar hosted by No Cold War – hosting a line-up of peace campaigners and academic to explore the issues of the ‘Quad’, associated attempts to construct an anti-China regional alliance and the prospects for a peaceful Pacific.

Historical and contemporary aspects of US anti-Asian racism

2nd April 2021 shoreditchadmin2 0

Racism against Asians in the US has a long history of discrimination and violence. Attacks on Asian Americans are again rising now as a result of the anti-Chinese propaganda of the new cold war.

Resisting Macron’s racist offensive

1st April 2021 shoreditchadmin2 0

In advance of next year’s French presidential election, Macron has significantly stepped up the racist offensive – mainly Islamophobia. This is helping boost support for the far-right, – which he hopes to face in the second round of the election.

The most right-wing British government in generations is being backed by the leadership of the Labour Party

1st April 2021 shoreditchadmin2 0

The Starmer group heading the Labour Party represents a thorough political degeneration of the Labour leadership. There is barely a trace of even the mildest social democracy in its political outlook.

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