Yvette Tan, Annabelle Liang and Kelly Ng Getty Images Xi Jinping has shown no signs that he will blink first in the tariff standoff with the US The trade war between the world’s two biggest economies shows no signs of slowing down – Beijing has vowed to “fight to the end” hours after US President...
We live in strange times. We would call them, once again, the times of monsters. The international bourgeoisie is joining forces against the interests of the lower classes in order to escape from the economic crisis that it has caused. After the pandemic, the big trusts of bosses in the West searched for a way...
Hugo Bachega Reporting fromSouthern Lebanon Reuters Kfar Kila is one of the border towns in Lebanon that were almost completely destroyed by the Israeli military during last year’s war Last year, on 17 September, at around 15:30, a pager which a nurse called Adam was given at the start of his shift at a hospital...
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Few of this morning’s papers avoid mentioning the global trade war Donald Trump kicked off on Wednesday, with many reporting a version of the banner used on the front of the Daily Mirror: “World faces economic war”. Under the headline “Trading blows” the paper reports universal 10% tariffs will be placed on all imports into...
Getty Images More than 2,700 people were killed in a devastating earthquake that hit Myanmar on 28 March In the immediate aftermath of an earthquake, there is a 72-hour “golden window” when those trapped under rubble are most likely to survive. But in the 72 hours after a 7.7 magnitude quake struck Myanmar on Friday,...
The Oidz: Self-titled EP Prison Records Vinyl | Streaming Out now Featuring members of Leeds cult favourites Fuzz Lightyear and Volk Soup, The Oidz came into being in a way that compliments the scrappy adrenaline of their music. The band’s frenzied rhythms resemble The Fall played at the wrong speed or Siouxsie & The Banshees...
J.D. Vance said it was “excellent” that a strike collapsed a building. Thirteen civilians died, according to one count. Trump administration officials effectively admitted to and celebrated a war crime when discussing the U.S.’s airstrikes on Yemen earlier this month, a House Democrat and policy experts have said, citing newly leaked messages published by The...
Rushdi Aboualouf Gaza correspondent AFP Hundreds of people took to the streets of Beit Lahia, with many chanting anti-Hamas slogans Hundreds of people have taken part in the largest anti-Hamas protest in Gaza since the war with Israel began, taking to the streets to demand the group step down from power. Masked Hamas militants, some...
Four years ago, I published Subtle Tools, a book on the erosion of American democratic norms in the face of what came to be known as the Global War on Terror. Both what had been done in the name of “national security” in response to the 9/11 attacks and how it had been done —...
The return of Donald Trump to the White House intensifies concerns about whether the United States will further engage in yet another conflict, this time with Iran. On Monday, Trump announced that Iran will be held responsible for attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea, and will suffer “dire” consequences. While Trump has brought...
Today, on the 22nd anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, key architects and commanders of this monstrous war crime, from Condoleezza Rice to David Petraeus, sit comfortably in cushy positions at top American universities. At the same time, the overseers of the ongoing U.S.-backed Israeli bombardment and siege on Gaza, considered a genocide...
“The first Cold War delivered half a century of lies about NATO, the US-led ‘arms race’, the non-existent ‘Soviet threat’ and US military bases in Britain – the new Cold War will be similar, but with deeper cuts to public services and social security programmes”, Carol Stavris told the Communist Party’s Political Committee on...
“Putting aside the political theatre of recent days, the overriding priority is to oppose the new arms race, build the anti-war movement and support peace in Ukraine”, Kevan Nelson told the Communist Party’s Executive Committee at the weekend. He said Prime Minister Starmer’s plan to increase British military spending to 2.5% of GDP would...
“A peace settlement is long overdue in Ukraine, so it’s time to stop the war and start the peace!”, Kevan Nelson declared on Tuesday evening (18 February 2025) following that day’s talks between the US and Russian governments, “But it’s a bit rich for British and EU politicians to complain about their own exclusion...