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Felicity Dowling writes: For many weeks now, immigration has been the top story in the media and not in a good way. The latest turn of events is the conflict between local authorities where refugees are being housed, Read more »

David Landau writes: We are living in dangerous times. There is a global resurgence of anti-migrant terror. The richest and most powerful people in the world (generally men) are driving far-right and fascist movements. Britain is no exception. Read more »

Greg Dropkin reviews the government’s latest approach to reforming the NHS: The Ten Year Health Plan pays lip service to the social determinants of health but then mainly turns away in favour of changing lifestyles Read more »

Following Zarah Sultana MP’s resignation from the Labour Party and her appeal to people to join her and Jeremy Corbyn in founding a new left party, Left Unity Co-National Secretary, Felicity Dowling, made the following statement of support Read more »

Andrew Burgin writes: Last Thursday, the suspended Labour MP, Zarah Sultana, took a historic political step. She resigned from Labour, the party that she joined as a young teenager; in doing so, she declared her intention to work with others to found a new working-class party — a new party of the left. Many Labour […] Read more »

As NATO leaders prepare to meet for a Summit in The Hague on the 24th and 25th June, the movement in the Netherlands, backed by the peace movement internationally, is organising a series of events over the weekend of 21st and 22nd of June. Read more »

A statement from CND, following Israel’s attack on Iran: CND condemns Israel’s illegal attack on Iran, which is a violation of international law. Read more »

A statement from the Jewish Socialists’ Group:  The government’s latest attack on migrants, is a disgraceful manoeuvre designed to attract voters who they stereotype as ignorant, racist ultra-nationalists. Read more »

Walter Baier writes: This year marks a crucial moment in the struggle over historical memory. We commemorate the liberation of the concentration camps, the capitulation of the German Wehrmacht, and the end of Nazi barbarism on May 8/9, 1945. But what lessons have truly been learned? Fifty-five million people perished in the Second World War. […] Read more »

Felicity Dowling writes: We rightly remember the heroism and sacrifices of all the peoples, all the men and women who fought fascism, from the Civil War in Spain to the dark days when fascism appeared to have won across much of Europe. That generation has nearly all passed. Those with living memory of that war […] Read more »