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Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin—Part 1

February 2024 https://www.pnp.ru/politics/intervyu-prezidenta-rf-vladimira-putina-zhurnalistu-takeru-karlsonu-polnyy-tekst.html Т. CARLSON (as translated): Mr. President, thank you very much. On February 24, 2022, you addressed your country and your nation when the conflict in Ukraine began. You said that you had acted because you had come to the conclusion that, with NATO's help, the United States could launch a surprise attack, … Continue reading Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin—Part 1

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Authoritarian Liberal Democracy—Editorial

On the 11th November 2023 the largest of a series of ongoing popular demonstrations against Israel’s actions against the population of Gaza took place in London. By some estimates between 800,000 and a million people attended, certainly far more than the official estimates of 300,000. By any standards this was a significant expression of popular feeling, … Continue reading Authoritarian Liberal Democracy—Editorial

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Taxing Issues

Martin Seale Jeremy Hunt’s November Autumn Statement was a clever piece of work.  It had two objectives.  Firstly, to win the next general election. Secondly, if the Tory Party did not win the next general election, to guarantee that any Labour administration would fail.  Hunt’s trump card in achieving this dual objective is the fiscal rule book.  Hunt, … Continue reading Taxing Issues

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Palestine Links

Israeli child “burned completely” by Israeli tank fire at kibbutz (Ali Abunimah & David Sheen, Electronic Intifada, 25 November 2023) The evidence Israel killed its own citizens on 7 October (Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada, 23 November 2023) Video: Gaza is ‘textbook genocide’: Holocaust Scholar Raz Segal (Owen Jones, 21 November 2019)  Opinion: Here’s what the mass … Continue reading Palestine Links

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Unite—The Union: A workers Plan for Steel

Workers Plan for Steel A union with a vision for the steel industry and the country.  As part of Unite’s campaign to fight for the steel industry, open letters have been written by 130 businesses, associations and  clubs in Port Talbot, 150 in Scunthorpe, 130 in Teesside, 150 in Sheffield.  We reproduce the Teesside letter and comments, underneath … Continue reading Unite—The Union: A workers Plan for Steel

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MMT Debate

Below we reprint selections from a lively debate on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) that has been taking place under the auspices of the Workers’ Party of Britain. Those who are interested can access the full debate on the Workers Party website. MODERN MONETARY THEORY (MMT) FOR WPB Chris Williamson No political party in Britain has … Continue reading MMT Debate

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Is the Labour Party really much different from the Tories? — Editorial

The claim made by Labour, the Tories and nearly all newspapers is that there are substantial policy differences between the two major parties. Labour Affairs has argued that there aren’t and that an elaborate charade is mounted for the British public to make them believe what is not the case. Now the Labour Party has published a … Continue reading Is the Labour Party really much different from the Tories? — Editorial

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Israel’s Right to Defend Itself

Will Israel’s right to defend itself continue to the last Palestinian? (The image shows the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem) Eamon Dyas “Israel has a right to defend itself” has been the constant refrain of western leaders to justify every Israeli response to expressions of Palestinian resistance since the state was established. In recent years that refrain from western leaders has usually been linked … Continue reading Israel’s Right to Defend Itself

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Labour’s Economic Model – Trust the Private Sector

Martin Seale The speech by the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to the 2023 Labour conference shows that a Starmer government could rapidly become dysfunctional. In her speech to the 2023 Labour Party conference, Rachel Reeves stated “Today, I make this commitment to you, and to the country: Out of the wreckage of Tory misrule, Labour … Continue reading Labour’s Economic Model – Trust the Private Sector