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Nato: an aggressive alliance we must openly oppose
The hawkish Labour leadership’s ban on criticising the modern world’s most belligerent, blood-drenched military alliance only confirms that we must – and call for its dissolution, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Rebuilding Labour’s working-class roots and organising power is essential if the party is to recover, says MERCEDES VILLALBA
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Britain’s historic vote to leave the EU was a rejection of the political Establishment and the strategic direction pursued by Britain’s ruling class since the second world war, writes ALEX GORDON
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
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NATO is the name which must not be mentioned in British politics today — at least in anything other than tones of utmost reverence.
The 74-year-old military alliance has become a totem pole which all are required to dance around. Its real record is not examined, its present purposes go unscrutinised. It joins the royal family as an object of unquestioned bipartisan worship.
A year ago, Labour leader Keir Starmer effectively slapped a ban on any criticism of the alliance, even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine had begun.
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