US steps up military and economic pressure on China
By Jane West
While US imperialism has turned its attention from Libya to Iran and Syria, it has not taken its eyes off the threat that it sees in China.
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Lowkey’s new album: promoting the anti-war message into the charts
By Mushtaq Ahmed
Last weekend (15/16 October) Lowkey released a new album, Soundtrack to the Struggle, which rapidly became propelled to number seven in the iTunes chart. This is a phenomenal achievement for an artist with no major record label backing. Add to that the fact that he has been defined by his strong stance on the injustice suffered by the Palestinians, and his support for the revolutionary developments in Latin America. This makes this achievement all the more impressive, given that BBC 1Xtra earlier this year censored the word ‘Palestine’ from a track by MC Righteous. Lowkey has been at the forefront of The Equality Movement together with MC Logic and journalist Jody McIntyre who reviews the album here.
No imperialist intervention in Syria
By Jane West
As the imperialist intervention in Libya moves into its endgame with the NATO pounding of Sirte, the West’s attention is moving more decisively towards the situation in Syria.
So far the imperialists have drawn back from openly threatening military intervention. This is not because it is not on their agenda, but because a number of factors have temporarily stayed their hand.
Stop The War Coalition Public Meeting: Libya, NATO and the Arab Spring
7pm September 14Bloomsbury Baptist Church235 Shaftesbury AvenueLondon WC2H 8EP Speakers: George Galloway, Sami Ramadani, Madawi al-Rasheed and Mohammed MatarMeeting organised by the Stop The War CoalitionThe public meeting will look at NATO’s [Read more]