Workers Party podcast with Philip O’Connor Hosted by Dr Michael Scott (ex-BA officer), together with former UK Ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford. The podcast was made at the end of May, before the latest shenanigans in Brussels/Strasburg especially the Martin conflict with his "allies" and Kallas's attack on Ireland. No2Nato EP33 | The EU and … Continue reading Podcast with Philip O’Connor
Month: July 2025
Starmer and Reeves’ PIP U-turn —Editorial 1
As we go to press, it appears the government has performed a partial U-turn on PIP (Personal Independence Payment) reforms. From what we understand, current recipients of PIP will continue to receive their payments. However, new applicants with identical medical conditions may not qualify, as new eligibility criteria will now apply only to future claims. The result is a two-tier … Continue reading Starmer and Reeves’ PIP U-turn —Editorial 1
Britain, Europe and Military Power—Editorial 2
British governments, together with their media servants, have been telling us for many years that Russia is an enemy. When the Special Military Operation began in Ukraine in early 2022 it was confidently asserted that the Russians were militarily incompetent and would fail against the Ukrainians. In reality Russia launched a pre-emptive strike against a … Continue reading Britain, Europe and Military Power—Editorial 2
The Power of the European Commission
Ukraine and supply of Russian gas to Europe - part five. How the European Commission came to assume power over Europe’s foreign policy Eamon Dyas On 17 June 2025, The Guardian reported that the European Commission had unveiled plans to ban all gas imports from Russia by January 2028. The plans represent an unprecedented expansion … Continue reading The Power of the European Commission
Palestine Links
Gaza: Israeli soldiers admit to deliberately killing unarmed aid seekers (Middle East Eye, 27 June 2025) Legal experts tell Fifa Israel is breaking international law as it considers sanctions (Oscar Rickett, Middle East Eye, 26 June 2025) New Israeli directive expedites ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta (Yuval Abraham & Basel Adra, +972, 25 June 2025) … Continue reading Palestine Links
Will Trump force Iran to give up its nuclear programme?
David Morrison Letter to The Times by Sir Simon Cass, former British ambassador to Iran and former head of the UK team negotiating the JCPoA Sir, Binyamin Netanyahu is anxious to persuade us that Iran was on the cusp of possessing a nuclear weapon. Leaving on one side the accuracy of that assertion, it is … Continue reading Will Trump force Iran to give up its nuclear programme?
Letters to the Editor—the PIP U-turn
Pete Whitelegg It seems to me these feckless MPs are either unable or unwilling to deal with the underlying issues that give rise to the problem in the first place, or to find an adequate solution. Essentially this government has simply punted the issue into the long grass. The reforms Starmer wanted to impose on … Continue reading Letters to the Editor—the PIP U-turn
Markets and Socialism
Dave Gardner Markets as social institutions constrained both by custom and law. Markets have always been a tricky subject for socialists. Capitalists favour a market in labour where, in theory for a wage in return for labour power, capitalists and workers meet as equals to negotiate mutually advantageous arrangements. Any attempts at conscious co-ordination, either … Continue reading Markets and Socialism
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams The Western Betrayal of Real Equality Anarchism: a Guarantor of Failure Iran: a Martyr-Nation for Islam? Reagan’s Encouragement of Market Parasites The Western Betrayal of Real Equality From 1945, with the common people who’d been victors of World War Two insisting on more equality, the leaders of the West appeared to … Continue reading Notes on the News
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
The War in Iran Sahra's official information channel, [22/06/2025] The biggest of all rogue states has done it again: the USA has invaded a sovereign state with its war of aggression against Iran, in violation of international law. Allegedly to prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb, which, however, even according to US intelligence services, is not … Continue reading The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
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