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John Wight on the grim context of the latest escalatory development in the blood-soaked proxy conflict between Russia and the West. By John Wight The legendary Athenian historian and general, Thucydides, was a man who believed in the supposed verities of war and conflict as a means by which to settle the affairs of state. It is therefore no accident or surprise that his classic...

By Richard Norton-TaylorDeclassified UK Richard Norton-Taylor says the Starmer government’s rewriting of a transatlantic treaty undermines persistent claims that Britain’s Trident missile system is operationally independent. Labour has reinforced the “special relationship” with Washington by agreeing to make Britain’s nuclear arsenal permanently dependent on the U.S. In one of its first, but little-noticed foreign policy moves, Labour has amended the Eisenhower-era 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA)...

By John McEvoyDeclassified UK Pro-Israel lobbyists have donated to 13 out of Labour’s 25 cabinet members since they were first elected to parliament, Declassified revealed. The list of recipients includes Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, his deputy Angela Rayner,  Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. Jonathan Reynolds, who will oversee arms exports to Israel as U.K. trade secretary,...

Guest post by Dr Duncan A. Heining, Long post warning... The “Hold-your-nose” Election If pollsters’ and pundits’ predictions prove accurate, on Thursday 4th July voters will return Labour to power with a massive majority... In the latest issue of New Left Review, Oliver Eagleton notes an array of centrist chatterers who project onto Starmer, a political chameleon if ever there...

By Launa K They are the cause of everything we used to blame on refugees At a time when everything is unaffordable and the NHS is collapsing under a waiting list of 7.6 million and we are at the brink of World War III and the Tories can’t go two days without a sex scandal, the Prime Minister of the...

Ever the victim of unprovoked attacks from the people it has been strangling. Ever the shining city on a hill of human corpses. Ever the defender of the poor, helpless plutocrats of Wall Street. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin Johnstone Welcome to the Empire Where genocide is self-defence and peace rallies are genocide Where war criminals are the victims and the hospitals are Hamas Where calls...

Citing Israel's declaration of "complete siege," one critic said the war on Gazan civilians is "proceeding exactly as planned," including newborns dying within days because their undernourished mothers can't feed them. Article by BRETT WILKINS Gaza's children—already reeling from 103 days of U.S.-backed Israeli bombardment that has killed and maimed tens of thousands of them—are now dying of starvation, with adults...

As the Middle East teeters on the brink of expanded conflict, John Pilger's 2003 article serves as a vital warning from history. With Israel's bombardment of Gaza followed by strikes on Yemen from the U.S. and U.K., tensions are reaching new heights. Pilger's piercing analysis of the West's disastrous intervention policies provides urgent lessons we cannot afford to ignore....

ULEZ and the Corrupt ‘Welfare for the Rich’ Policy Model. By Gavin Lewis London entryist neoliberal Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is attempting to territorially expand an imposed system of £12.50 daily penalties largely on low-income drivers of traditional petrol/diesel vehicles beyond a certain age of manufacture - this supposedly to create an Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).  Yet at its core,...

By Caitlin Johnstone It’s interesting how last week Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to, and yet this week they know every mosque, school and hospital that Hamas is hiding in. When you live under an empire of lies you’ll be asked to believe a lot of very stupid things. The dumbest thing we’re being asked to believe this week is...