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John Bolton’s appointment is bad news for the Iranian people
JANE GREEN assesses the implications of the return of the rightwinger for Iran, its protesting workers, the nuclear deal and the wider Middle East
US national security advisor John Bolton
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
DURING the administration of George W Bush, the under secretary of state for arms control, one John Bolton, was an enthusiastic supporter of the invasion of Iraq.
In spite of the catastrophe which followed in human, political and military terms, Bolton remains an enthusiastic interventionist.
With recent titles such as To Stop Iran’s Bomb, Bomb Iran under his belt, it does not take a great deal of digging to find that Bolton’s position has not fundamentally changed in the intervening 15 years.
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