Stop ReArm Europe – Protest Europe’s rearmament drive 14 June Brussels
Stop ReArm Europe – Campaigners from across Europe are gathering in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services.
International
A base, not a gift: Israel’s recognition of Somaliland and the war for the Red Sea
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland was not a unilateral initiative or a diplomatic improvisation. The recognition was a military act. The peoples of the Horn of Africa are being drawn into a conflict whose objectives have nothing to do with their interests.
NATO countries escalating military attacks in Russia create an increasingly dangerous situation in Europe
The disastrous decision to expand NATO eastwards, and to try to include Ukraine in it, always created the strategic risk of a general war in Europe. NATO’s current actions are turning that strategic threat into a short-term one.
The US at war with West Asia
US imperialism’s war against Iran is entering its thirteenth week and likely to be protracted. It has killed thousands in Iran and devastated many buildings. It is also having an immense impact on the economy across the globe, and here in Britain.
After Orbán, Hungary faces renewed pressure to support increases in EU military spending and reduce trade with China
Any change in Hungary’s policy towards Ukraine will have repercussions in Central and Eastern Europe. Orbán had previously aligned closely with the Slovakian PM Robert Fico around the war in Ukraine and more recently with the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who was elected in December 2025.
Defending Iran against US and Israeli aggression will be a prolonged struggle
The US does not need west Asia’s oil for itself, its strategy is to be able to deny it to others, particularly China.
Because this is key for the US, it will not give up its attack on Iran, only the forms will change.
Trump has lost the first round in this war on Iran, but it is too early to assume the US will lose the war.