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IN SUB-ZERO CONDITIONS THE BATTLE GOES ON

by our Eastern European Affairs correspondent

LAST WEEK people throughout Western Europe celebrated in the festive spirit traditionally reserved for Christmas and the New Year. But it was business as usual in Ukraine as Russian and Ukrainian troops fight in sub-zero temperatures on the front that runs from the Black Sea to the Russian border. There was no holiday break for the Ukrainian batteries who relentlessly pound residential areas in the cities of Donbas whilst Russian missiles and drones roared over Ukraine in a renewed drive to cut the Ukrainians’ power lines and water supplies.

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In the Amazon jungle

by New Worker correspondent

THE DUNDEE-BASED Sunday Post is Scotland’s most mocked newspaper. It used to claim the world’s highest density circulation and is famous for its long-running cartoons The Broons and Oor Wullie, whose annual volumes are an essential part of Christmas for children aged eight to 88.

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Editorial

Class struggle at a new level

AS THE new year arrives the class struggle has sharpened and intensified in Britain to a level unseen for many years.

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