THE number of stores and outlets stocking white poppies has more than doubled in the last five years as the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) launched its annual campaign this week.
Almost every city and large town in Britain now has at least one white poppy seller ahead of Remembrance Day next month.
White poppies stand for remembrance for all victims of war, along with a commitment to peace and rejection of any attempt to glamorise war, with money raised going towards promoting non-violent approaches to conflict and producing educational materials.
SOPHIE BOLT argues that spending more on military will harm rather than benefit Britain by diverting vital resources away from essential public services
WILL DRY speaks to three former members of the armed forces about the political hypocrisy surrounding Armistice Day, how war is a function of class society, and the far right’s use of militarism and nationalism to divide working people
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe