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The assault on Jeremy Corbyn is a warning that must be heeded
The Socialist Equality Party denounces the March 3 physical assault on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. The political differences between the SEP and Corbyn are well known and unbridgeable. But we unreservedly call on workers and young people to defend him from any attack by the extreme right. Continue reading
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Conforming to establishment media groupthink could destroy Corbyn By Joe Emersberger
The establishment media in the UK constantly proclaims various ‘truths’ that all serious people are supposed to accept. Many of these claims are sold in any ‘capitalist democracy’. It tells us which governments are ‘dictatorships’ that must ‘pressured’ or overthrown. It tells us a government’s finances are like a household’s. In recent years, the UK… Continue reading
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Anti-Capitalism is NOT Anti-Semitism By Kit Knightly
Nobody is denying antisemites exists. There’s a small minority of people who hate Jews just for being Jews. This is unfortunate, but also true of every race, sexual orientation and religion. Everybody, somewhere, has someone who hates them for what they are. The problem is relatively small, and in the Labour party, it’s even smaller… Continue reading
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More than bad faith behind anti-semitism slurs By Jonathan Cook
The moral panic generated by journalists and politicians over a supposed Labour ‘anti-semitism crisis’ is rooted in a perverse kind of reality – unconscious dread at the prospect of their inner narrative and worldview breaking apart Continue reading
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The Skripal Case: An Alternative Narrative By Michael Antony
The recent titbit fed to us by Bellingcat (reputedly close to MI6) that a third Russian agent was booked on the flight from Heathrow to Moscow on the night of 4th March 2018 — the flight taken by the two alleged GRU officers filmed in Salisbury — but didn’t show up for it, has pointed… Continue reading
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The Skripal Case: One Year On
It is now a year since the events in Salisbury that shocked the nation, and indeed the world. Since then, your organisation has conducted an investigation into the case, and has laid out a case about what happened in a series of statements, notably those made on 5th September (no longer available on your website),… Continue reading
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The Prisoner Says No to Big Brother
John Pilger invokes George Orwell in calling on his compatriots to stand up for the freedom of ‘a distinguished Australian’, the founder and editor of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, and for ‘real journalism of a kind now considered exotic’. Continue reading
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Why Is The British Government Banning Hizbullah?
This week the British Home Secretary Sajid Javid laid out an order that proscribesthe political arm of the Lebanese resistance organization Hizbullah as a terrorist organization under the Terrorism Act 2000. The military arm of Hizbullah was already named as such. Continue reading
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How (And How Not) To Beat A Smear Campaign by Caitlin Johnstone
Anyone who opposes western interventionism or thinks the poor are human beings is a Russian antisemite. If you disagree, it’s because you are a Russian antisemite, too. Continue reading
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Victory to the Chaos Islanders By John Pilger
The International Court of Justice in The Hague has handed down a momentous judgement that says Britain’s colonial authority over the Chagos Islands is no longer legal. John Pilger, whose 2004 film, Stealing a Nation, alerted much of the world to the plight of the islanders, tells their story here.You can watch Stealing a Nation… Continue reading
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UK Government Collusion with Israel By Hans Stehling
Today, bilateral trade with the Israeli state has mushroomed with the UK buying millions of pounds worth of Israeli-made generic drugs for the NHS together with valuable contracts for military drones and other defence and security systems and equipment notwithstanding that Israel is a non-NATO Member and the only undeclared nuclear-weapons state in the world.… Continue reading
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Oppose the Blairites’ bogus claims of “left anti-Semitism”! By Chris Marsden
The Socialist Equality Party opposes the suspension of Derby North MP Chris Williamson from the Labour Party. His suspension is the product of a reactionary campaign by the Blairite right wing of the Labour Party and media to slander the “left” as anti-Semitic, and must be opposed by all workers and youth. Continue reading
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UK: Scapegoating of firefighters for Grenfell deaths exposes fraud of official inquiry By Robert Stevens
Fire Brigades Union (FBU) General Secretary Matt Wrack has said the government’s inquiry in the Grenfell Tower fire is in danger of becoming a “whitewash.” Continue reading
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The war on the poor
TruePublica: This is the latest depressing news of the ideological war on the poor in Britain. Although much of what is reported below is known to some extent, most of the stories below were reported in just the last few weeks. This article then highlights some interesting facts, the underlying reasons for these deliberately driven… Continue reading
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The witchfinders are now ready to burn Corbyn By Jonathan Cook
McCarthyism is not just the hounding of someone because their views are unpopular. It is the creation by the powerful of a perfect, self-rationalising system of incrimination – denying the victim a voice, even in their own defence. It presents the accused as an enemy so dangerous, their ideas so corrupting, that they must be… Continue reading
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Owen Jones Unpersons Chris Williamson By Kit Knightly
Chris Williamson should never have been suspended from the Labour Party – he should never have been rebuked or chastised for his words at Sheffield. He told the truth, and those who have deliberately taken his words out of context to vilify him in smug, dishonest editorials, have a political axe to grind that is… Continue reading
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Israel lobby funders back breakaway British MPs By Asa Winstanley
A multi-millionaire pro-Israel lobbyist is funding the UK Parliament’s new Independent Group, it was revealed this week. Continue reading
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Britain: Corbyn, no more concessions! By Adam Booth
Jeremy Corbyn has promised the possibility of a second referendum in an attempt to pacify the Blairites. But such compromises will only embolden the Labour right wing. These careerists must instead be shown the door.Brexit is beginning to take its toll on Britain’s political parties. Both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are desperately attempting to… Continue reading
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UK Labour leader Corbyn endorses Blairite call for second Brexit referendum By Robert Stevens
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced Monday evening that he was ready to support a second referendum “to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit being forced on the country.” Continue reading
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People’s Vote: Corbyn Signs His Own Death Warrant By Kit Knightly
Throughout his leadership of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has disappointed some of his most ardent admirers by his refusal to hang tough. Yes, he has played many situations with canniness and subtlety, but too often he has been soft, appeased and conciliated where it is either unnecessary, or worse, entirely counter productive. Continue reading
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