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A baby is loaded into the rescue vessel of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, after being rescued in the Central Mediterranean Sea at 45 miles from Al Khums, Lybia, on Friday
AN AID boat carrying 311 rescued migrants was given permission to set sail for Spain today after Italy and other Mediterranean countries ignored its calls for help.
Proactiva Open Arms, a non-profit organisation rescuing and providing first aid to migrants in the central Mediterranean Sea, saved 313 migrants from “certain death at sea” in waters near Libya on Friday night.
Spain has joined South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel while imposing weapons bans and port restrictions, moves partly driven by trade unions — proving just how effectively civil society can reshape government policy, writes RAMZY BAROUD
While Hardie, MacDonald and Wilson faced down war pressure from their own Establishment, today’s leadership appears to have forgotten that opposing imperial adventures has historically defined Labour’s moral authority, writes KEITH FLETT