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THE POWER GOES OFF IN UKRAINE - KIEV ‘GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES’

by our Eastern European Affairs correspondent

RUSSIAN ROCKETS rained down on Ukraine this week in continuing attacks on factories, power stations and the national grid, causing power cuts throughout the country. Power was cut throughout the Odessa region and the metro network in Kharkhov, Ukraine’s second-largest city, was brought to a standstill. Former president Pyotr Poroshenko, the “chocolate king” oligarch, is calling for the banning of the Russian Orthodox church and the Russians are calling for a thorough international investigation into claims that the Ukrainians have been shooting Russian prisoners-of-war.

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The 2022 FIFA World Cup

The Football World Cup began on 20th November in Qatar stained with working-class blood

THE DESIGNATION of this Arab emirate to host the event was already tainted by corruption. Billions of resources belonging to the Qatari people – all the wealth found in their subsoil – have passed into the hands of the large capitalist corporations. Since then, the sponsorship of these companies has been supported by speculation and business from which only the elites of the Arab country benefit.

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Editorial

The Neverendum

THE SUPREME Court’s verdict that the Scottish Parliament does not have the competency to legislate for a second independence referendum without the consent of the Westminster parliament was hardly surprising – least of all to the Scottish nationalists who tabled it in the first place.

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