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Iran calls the shots in the Persian Gulf

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

Six months of war and although the guns are still silent in the Persian Gulf the double blockade continues – paralysing the strategic waterway vital to the oil exports of Saudi Arabia and the other feudal Arab Gulf states.

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Solidarity with the Ukrainian people!

by New Worker correspondent

An unprecedented international protest involving dozens of Ukrainian political prisoners and supporters in many countries took place last week, to expose and protest the inhuman conditions, torture and killings of political prisoners in Ukraine. A total of 425 people from 16 countries took part in a one-day hunger strike on 5th August, including 162 prisoners in Ukraine itself, 92 of whom were political prisoners. This was the first ever collective one-day hunger strike by Ukrainian political prisoners, and the first time actions in Ukraine and abroad were co-ordinated – a historic event.

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Editorial

HP sauce

No by-election can be held these days without a flurry of independent candidates to liven up an often predictable race to the House of Commons. There’s the usual posse of self-proclaimed “revolutionaries” who believe that their forlorn efforts will somehow advance the cause of socialism. There’s the remnants of the racist and fascist movements that tried to kick their way to power back in the 1970s and a whole host of cranks seeking a platform for all sorts of bizarre opinions. And finally there are those who capture the moment to rally dissident opinion that sometimes goes far beyond the usual protest vote.

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