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GERMAN Prime Minister Angela Merkel is putting a brave face on this week’s abject failure by the EU to face up to the refugee crisis.
She recognises that the measures agreed in Brussels do not provide a long-term solution and criticises other EU member state governments for their unwillingness to be bolder.
Certainly, the callousness shown by the Hungarian, Slovakian and other right-wing regimes has been sickening.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
ALEX HALL follows the battered fortunes of Syria, a multi-ethnic country caught in the crossfire of competing imperialist interests
LIZ PAYNE condemns how Labour backs war in Gaza and Ukraine, and massive funding for Trident’s nuclear bombs, when billions are needed just to restore public services