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The most violent country on Earth
DOUG NICHOLLS relates the tragedy of the recent killings in Texas to the culture of violence perpetrated by the United States at home and throughout the world
A demonstrator helps hold a large "Come and Take It" banner at a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, on Jan. 26, 2015, in Austin, Texas
Rebuilding Labour’s working-class roots and organising power is essential if the party is to recover, says MERCEDES VILLALBA
ANDREW MURRAY looks back at a damaging career marked by dishonesty, incompetence and revolting complicity in war crimes
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
MARY DAVIS says the centrality of the Jewish community and the Communist Party to anti-fascism in the 1930s is too often overlooked on the left
YET ANOTHER crazed mass shooting in the United States, and yet more hand-wringing about gun laws.
Some say gun laws will never be amended in the US because the Second Amendment, agreed in 1791, which gives the right to bear arms, was ordained by God.
Defeating the fierce lobby of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the profit lust of the arms manufacturers is just part of the story.
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